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• A Tale of Muslim Britain

  Date: 28 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/a-tale-of-muslim-britain

  Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the first British Muslim woman to attend Parliament, spoke to a large and diverse audience at a Unit for Diversity,...

• Why public health campaigns and the BMI scale may do more harm than good- claim

  Date: 15 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/why-public-health-campaigns-and-the-bmi-scale-may-do-more-harm-than-good-claim

  Dr Oli Williams, Research Associate in the University’s Department of Health Sciences, has recently shared why well-intentioned public health...

• The Enemy Within A Tale of Muslim Britain

  Date: 11 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/the-enemy-within-a-tale-of-muslim-britain

  Ex-Chair of the Conservative Party, Senior Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and once a Minister for Faith and...

• Shedding new light on drinking and eating habits in the Roman world

  Date: 7 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/research-network-explores-innovative-ways-to-shed-new-light-on-drinking-and-eating-habits-in-the-roman-world

  The landmark 50th issue of the journal Internet Archaeology highlights the pioneering research conducted by a network of academics, professional...

• New archaeological excavations to start at Bradgate Park

  Date: 18 May 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/new-archaeological-excavations-to-start-at-bradgate-park

  Leicester archaeologists will be returning to Bradgate Park from the end of May until the beginning of July with their fourth season of excavations.

• Film highlights experiences of children in the Calais Jungle

  Date: 16 May 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-hosts-film-highlighting-plight-of-children-in-the-calais-jungle

  Calais Children: a Case to Answer, a film which highlights the plight of almost 2,000 lone children who were in the Calais ‘Jungle’ when it was...

• Study shows large gender imbalance in funding given for cancer research

  Date: 15 May 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/study-shows-large-gender-imbalance-in-funding-given-for-cancer-research

  Male researchers receive far greater funding for cancer research than their female equivalents, suggests a study involving University of Leicester...

• Expert opinions cover Zuma masculinity Facebook data railway reforms the NHS and social media

  Date: 27 Apr 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/expert-opinions-cover-zuma-masculinity-facebook-data-railway-reforms-the-nhs-and-social-media

  James Hamill from our School of History, Politics and International Relations wrote an article for The Conversation discussing how Zuma’s...

• Call to avoid type 2 diabetes made during national campaign to prevent condition

  Date: 17 Apr 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/call-to-avoid-type-2-made-during-national-campaign-to-prevent-condition

  A Leicester man with type 2 diabetes is urging people to do all they can to prevent being diagnosed with the condition which could potentially...

• New research on century-old conundrum

  Date: 13 Apr 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/new-research-on-century-old-conundrum

  New research from an international team on a mathematical conundrum that has been unsolved for over a century has been published.