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Expert opinions cover North Korea sex work and freedom of speech in Russia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/expert-opinions-cover-north-korea-sex-work-and-freedom-of-speech-in-russia
In an article for The Conversation, Professor Teela Sanders from the Department of Criminology has discussed the importance of moving towards a...
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Expert opinions cover helping children born prematurely bingewatching the Earths climate history and gentrification
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/expert-opinions-cover-helping-children-binge-watching-and-the-earths-climate-history
Researchers funded by Action Medical Research are designing a tool to help children who were born prematurely with maths skills – and, as Dr Sarah...
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Leicester expert discusses the rise of bingewatching through new digital platforms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-expert-discusses-the-rise-of-2018binge-watching2019-through-new-digital-platforms
Fans of popular TV programmes such as Game of Thrones, the Walking Dead or Orange is the New Black may be familiar with the idea of binge-watching...
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Researchers to explore the use of e-cigarettes by young people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/researchers-to-explore-the-use-of-e-cigarettes-by-young-people
A research team led by our University will be exploring how young people use e-cigarettes or ‘vape’ as part of a new project funded by Cancer...
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Expert discusses popularity of ITVs Love Island with the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/expert-discusses-popularity-of-itvs-love-island-with-the-bbc
The phenomenon that is ‘Love Island’ on ITV2 was discussed by an academic from our School of Media, Communication and Sociology today (Wednesday,...
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Academic publishes new book on Brexit Trump and the Media
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/academic-publishes-new-book-on-brexit-trump-and-the-media
The impact of Brexit, Donald Trump and last month’s General Election on the media are explored in a new book titled 'Brexit, Trump and the...
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Expert opinions cover Juno Jupiter the Kurdish Referendum and hacking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/expert-opinions-cover-juno-jupiter-the-kurdish-referendum-and-hacking
Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written an article discussing some of the latest developments from the Juno...
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Distinguished personalities to be honoured at our graduation ceremonies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/distinguished-personalities-to-be-honoured-at-our-graduation-ceremonies
As we celebrate the success of our graduating students at our summer graduation ceremonies from 11-14 July, the achievements of six distinguished...
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Book on British spy fiction receives prestigious award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/book-on-british-spy-fiction-receives-prestigious-award
Dr Alan Burton, Honorary Visiting Fellow in History of Art and Film from our School of Arts, has recently been awarded an Outstanding Reference...
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Policing in multicultural cities to be explored
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/policing-in-multicultural-cities-to-be-explored
Policing in multicultural cities will come under the spotlight during a public event at our University at 6pm on Monday 3 July.