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• Diverse range of events taking place at the University of Leicester to celebrate Black History Month 2018

  Date: 27 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/28-black-history-month

  Mental health discussions, student-led initiatives and Leicester’s hidden Black history among events marking Black History Month in the UK

• Newborns, migrants and the idea of home explored at University of Leicester lectures

  Date: 25 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/26-doctoral-inaugural-lectures

  Doctoral Inaugural Lectures on 3 October discuss length of stay in neonatal care and home-making practices of migrants

• Leicester research is using valuable manuscripts saved from destruction in conflict zones

  Date: 10 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/leicester-research-is-using-valuable-manuscripts-saved-from-destruction-in-conflict-zones

  Dr Jan Vandeburie is working with the Hill Manuscript Museum and Library, where significant historical documents are preserved and...

• Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene

  Date: 4 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/scholars-discuss-the-formalisation-and-implications-of-the-anthropocene

  The Anthropocene Working Group holds meeting at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Humans have had a large impact on Earth.

• Expert opinions cover The Meg, hothouse Earth, Space Force, Nairobi, AI doctors and sex work

  Date: 21 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/expert-opinions-cover-the-meg-hothouse-earth-space-force-nairobi-and-ai-doctors

  The Conversation and Think: Leicester talking points: a range of topical issues recently tackled by academics 11 - 31 August In an article for The...

• HyPIR expert on space warfare shares insights on Trump’s Space Force

  Date: 19 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/hypir-expert-on-space-warfare-shares-insights-on-trump2019s-space-force

  Dr Bleddyn Bowen says that the US Space Force isn’t as new or dangerous as many think Dr Bleddyn Bowen (pictured), an expert on space warfare at...

• Leicester to train the next generation of arts and humanities researchers

  Date: 17 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicester-to-train-the-next-generation-of-arts-and-humanities-researchers

  Leicester is among eight leading universities in the Midlands that are joining together to train the next generation of highly-skilled arts and...

• Anna scores soughtafter opportunity to work within beating heart of the television industry

  Date: 16 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/researcher-scores-sought-after-opportunity-to-work-within-2018beating-heart2019-of-the-television-industry

  PhD researcher Anna McKay from our School of History, Politics and International Relations will be working within the ‘beating heart’ of the...

• Shedding light on historical stories of displacement and forced migration

  Date: 3 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/shedding-light-on-historical-stories-of-displacement-and-forced-migration

  During Leicester’s 2018 Journeys Festival international, where the creative talents of exceptional refugee and asylum seeker artists are...

• Tor Clark talks popularity of ITVs Love Island and predicts who will win tonights series final

  Date: 30 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/tor-clark-talks-popularity-of-itv2019s-love-island-and-predicts-who-will-win-tonight2019s-series-final

  Tor Clark, Associate Professor in Journalism, and a regular media commentator for BBC Radio Leicester, has discussed the Love Island phenomenon...