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• 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...

• Leicester academics explore possible BAME and COVID-19 link

  Date: 23/04/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/bame-covid-bmj

  In a new paper published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), academics at the University of Leicester highlighted possible reasons why people...

• Mythbusting coronavirus from Amazon to Zoflora: cleaning facts and fiction

  Date: 23/04/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/24-mythbusting-coronavirus

  How long can coronavirus survive on your Amazon parcels, and should you disinfect your shopping trolly when going to the supermarket? According Dr...