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• Leicester research now ranked Top 30 in the UK (Times Higher Education analysis of REF 2021)

  Date: 12/05/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/ref-2021

  The University of Leicester has made one of the biggest climbs of any UK university in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, published on...

• Pioneering approach in family courts to support domestic abuse victims better

  Date: 11/03/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/family-court-support

  The UK Government has begun a pilot pioneering an approach in family courts to support victims of domestic abuse, informed by Leicester research.

• Holocaust Memorial Day: The catalyst for change

  Date: 27/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/holocaust-memorial-day

  Thursday, 27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day, a time to reflect on the past to safeguard the future.

• Partnership to equip ethnically diverse sports leaders of the future

  Date: 11/11/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/sporting-equals

  The University of Leicester and Sporting Equals have signed a strategic partnership to promote ethnic diversity across sport and physical activity...

• Family court process in child arrangement cases in line for major overhaul following ‘Harm Panel’ report

  Date: 21/10/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/harm-panel

  Research has found ‘deep-seated and systemic problems’ with the way that family courts in England and Wales respond to allegations of domestic...

• Leicester experts to feature at national Festival of Social Science

  Date: 18/10/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/festival-social-science

  University of Leicester researchers will showcase the real-world impact of their work at the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)’s...

• Leicester historians guest edit Centenary journal edition

  Date: 12/10/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/howard-journal

  Leading historians from the University of Leicester have guest edited a special Centenary issue of the prestigious Howard Journal of Crime and...

• Dr Paul Campbell appointed Director of Leicester’s new Institute for Inclusivity

  Date: 28/09/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/liihe-director

  Dr Paul Campbell has been appointed as the Director of the Leicester Institute for Inclusivity in Higher Education (LIIHE), an interdisciplinary...

• Drugs legislation requires review, says academic

  Date: 26/08/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/drugs-misuse-scarman-lecture

  The main piece of legislation used to combat illegal drug use in the UK is no longer fit for purpose, according to a leading criminologist at the...

• National award for Queer Heritage and Collections Network

  Date: 02/07/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/queer-heritage

  A partnership supporting museums and heritage bodies to reveal and publicly present LGBTQ+ histories – of which the University of Leicester is a...