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• New scheme seeks to help young students realise STEM potential

  Date: 19/02/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/levelling-up-access

  Sixth Form students from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are being offered a stepping stone to a STEM degree under a new scheme.

• Businesses invited to unlock potential of neurodiverse talent

  Date: 21/01/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/employ-autism

  The University of Leicester is encouraging local businesses and organisations to help unlock the potential of autistic students and graduates.

• Urgent action needed to tackle racial harassment in universities

  Date: 12/11/2020 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/racial-harrassment

  Urgent action is needed to tackle racial harassment in universities because students are being let down, Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan...

• BHM 2020: We are black history

  Date: 01/10/2020 09:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/bhm-2020-we-are-black-history

  The month-long celebrations will be used as a springboard to launch a longer-term campaign led by the University to celebrate Black history and...

• Leicester University promotes LGBT+ inclusivity

  Date: 31/08/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/lgbt-award

  As Leicester Pride approaches, a programme to recognise LGBT+ inclusivity, set up by University of Leicester alongside other local organisations,...

• Leicester Pride 2020 launches online – “still celebrating, just in a different way”

  Date: 26/08/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/pride

  Today the University of Leicester and Leicester Students’ Union are delighted to join Leicester Pride 2020, along with fellow universities, and...

• World Refugee Day: transforming lives through education

  Date: 19/06/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/world-refugee-day

  On World Refugee Day, the University of Leicester is celebrating the transformative power of education to change lives, and the diversity that...

• Representing BAME individuals in Covid-19 research

  Date: 12/06/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/bame-individuals

  Researchers must ensure people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are proportionately represented in Covid-19 studies, according to...

• Demand for free colonial history lessons spikes

  Date: 10/06/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/colonial-countryside

  Free home schooling packs about Britain’s colonial past have seen a surge in popularity.

• BAME academics are “chronically absent”, says Leicester Vice-Chancellor

  Date: 07/06/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/bame-scholarships

  Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) academics are “chronically absent” in higher education, the Vice-Chancellor and President of the...