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• Misogynistic attitudes towards women’s sport among male football fans

  Date: 20/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/sport-misogyny

  Openly misogynistic attitudes towards women’s sport may be common amongst male football fans, according to new research involving online message...

• 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...

• Socio-technical approach key to air safety, research suggests

  Date: 09/11/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/sociotechnical-safety

  An innovative socio-technical approach provides the key to improving safety in aviation and astronautics, according to a University of Leicester...

• 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 to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival

  Date: 11/10/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human

  University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have...

• Leicester research at national Festival of Social Science

  Date: 11/10/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/cartoonathon

  Three early-career researchers at the University of Leicester have joined forces with a multi-award winning education platform to deliver a unique...

• Inclusive curriculum will ensure “HE is fit for the 21st century”, says Leicester academic

  Date: 04/06/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/inclusive-education

  An inclusive curriculum will create a Higher Education system that is “fit for the 21st century”, a leading academic at the University of...

• New report shows UK ‘poorly prepared’ to reach net-zero carbon economy

  Date: 15/02/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/just-transition

  The UK Government must take urgent action to deliver a ‘just transition’ for workers as the country shifts towards a greener economy, according to...

• Thought piece: The sociological story of space travel

  Date: 16/07/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-cosmic-sociology

  Professor John Goodwin, Professor of Sociology and Sociological Practice, of our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, provides a...

• Students present youth violence solutions to the Home Office

  Date: 06/06/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/07-students-home-office-youth-violence-challenge

  On Wednesday 29 May, four of our students visited the Home Office to present their proposed solution to the problem of youth violence following...