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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...

• €1.5 million award to study birth of planets

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

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/erc-starter-grant

  Leicester astrophysics research which seeks to answer fundamental questions about the formation of planets has been awarded a major funding boost...

• Pioneering police detective David Baker awarded Honorary Degree

  Date: 19/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/david-baker

  The lead detective on the first criminal case to be solved using DNA fingerprinting has been awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of...

• Bestselling author Louise Doughty awarded Honorary Degree

  Date: 19/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/louise-doughty

  The bestselling Leicestershire-born author, playwright and journalist, Louise Doughty, has today (Wednesday 19 January) been awarded an Honorary...

• World cricket diversity champion awarded Honorary Degree

  Date: 18/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/wasim-khan

  A former cricketer who has championed widening participation among the next generation of cricket stars has been awarded an Honorary Degree by the...

• Young Leicester artists raise money for charity through ‘Hopefulness’ exhibition

  Date: 18/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/aac-hopefulness

  A new exhibition featuring the work of budding artists from Leicester College has opened at the Attenborough Arts Centre, the University of...

• Leicester VC to reflect on Century of Change in Lit&Phil lecture

  Date: 17/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/vc-litphil

  University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has spoken of the ‘tremendous honour’ at being invited to deliver a...

• Wellcome boost for PhD programme to tackle Leicester’s healthcare inequalities

  Date: 17/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/wellcome-phd

  The University of Leicester has been granted a major funding boost by the Wellcome Trust to provide improvements to healthcare inequalities in...

• AI experts join drive for safety on UK rail crossings

  Date: 13/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/ai-level-crossing

  Leicester researchers are lending their artificial intelligence (AI) expertise to a prototype device designed to improve safety on the UK’s rail...

• Rolls-Royce deploy nuclear power experts to Space Park Leicester

  Date: 12/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/rolls-royce

  Nuclear power experts Rolls-Royce are looking forward to developing their unique expertise in energy solutions from a new base at Space Park...