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• Leicestershire Institute of Technology bid reaches final stages

  Date: 11 May 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/leicestershire-institute-of-technology

  Experts in cyber and space technology are bidding to create a £13m ‘skills factory’ in Leicestershire to revitalise the region’s economy.

• Booker Prize-winner to join Literary Leicester Festival

  Date: 5 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/literary-leicester

  Booker Prize-winner Marlon James will be headlining the revival of the Literary Leicester Festival.

• Nuclear expert sheds light on ‘War Factories’

  Date: 23 Feb 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/war-factories

  A nuclear expert from the University of Leicester has featured on a new UKTV documentary covering the industry of conflict.

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

  Date: 15 Feb 2021

  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...

• EU at ‘critical point’ as Germany searches for Merkel successor

  Date: 10 Feb 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/eu-merkel

  A leading economist has warned that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s successor will have ‘big shoes to fill’ on the European stage, after...

• Leicester research into acid attacks presented in Home Office report

  Date: 4 Feb 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/acid-attacks

  Researchers at the University of Leicester have published the first report of its kind examining attacks with acid and other corrosive substances.

• Local democracy in peril, warns Leicester academic

  Date: 22 Jan 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/local-democracy

  The threat to local democracy in the UK is the subject of a video interview with a University of Leicester academic on a top UK politics website.

• Professor Sally Kyd appointed first woman Head of Law

  Date: 1 Oct 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/professor-sally-kyd-appointed-first-woman-head-of-law

  Professor Sally Kyd, becomes the first woman to be appointed Head of Law at the University of Leicester.

• Demand for free colonial history lessons spikes

  Date: 10 Jun 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/colonial-countryside

  Free home schooling packs about Britain’s colonial past have seen a surge in popularity.

• Cricket Country shortlisted for prestigious non-fiction prize

  Date: 3 May 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/cricket-country-shortlisted

  A book by a Leicester academic exploring the untold history of the first All India cricket team has been shortlisted as one of six entries for the...