Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 17 23 September

Stephanie Gordon, a final year doctoral student in the Department of Politics and International Relations, has written an article for The Conversation about the Uighurs - a Muslim Turkic ethnic group, most of whose Chinese population reside in China’s north-western Xinjiang region - and why many in Thailand and China are wary of them.

• Read the full article 'Thai police point the finger at Uighurs as bombing probe intensifies' hosted on Think: Leicester here

Professor Paul Boyle, President and Vice-Chancellor, has discussed the launch of the University's Strategic Plan in the Leicester Mercury.

• Read the full article 'The University of Leicester's new Strategic Plan' hosted on Think: Leicester here

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