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• Research reveals what audiences expect when TV is offensive

  Date: 10 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/research-reveals-what-audiences-expect-when-tv-is-offensive

  Researchers from Leicester and Birmingham City University have revealed some of the key concerns audiences have with television they find ‘offensive’.

• LGBTQ Heritage in 2017

  Date: 21 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/lgbtq-heritage-in-2017

  Our University is working with the National Trust in 2017 as part of the nation’s commemoration to mark 50 years since the partial...

• 2016 A Year in Review Film

  Date: 15 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/2016-a-year-in-review

  With the year coming to a close, the University's News Centre has produced a short video showcasing a selection of key research projects, events...

• Expert opinions cover changing culture tackling inequality the Casey Review and saffron the worlds most expensive spice

  Date: 13 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/expert-opinions-cover-changing-culture-tackling-inequality-the-casey-review-and-saffron-the-worlds-most-expensive-spice

  Dr Elizabeth Anderson from the Department of Medical and Social Care Education and Dr Simon Bennett from the School of Business have co-authored...

• Expert opinions cover museums MEPs Donald Trump and learning gain

  Date: 15 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/expert-opinions-cover-museums-meps-donald-trump-and-learning-gain

  Robin Clarke from the School of Museum Studies has written a staff blog discussing how museums can challenge pervasive media and stand up for the...

• Academics contribute to major project celebrating 80 years of British TV

  Date: 4 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/academics-contribute-to-major-project-celebrating-80-years-of-british-tv

  Professor Helen Wood and Dr Jilly Boyce Kay from the School  of Media, Communication and Sociology have contributed to BBC History’s new archive...

• Leicester research informs new Sporting Equals initiative

  Date: 20 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-research-informs-new-sporting-equals-initiative

  Research from the University's Department of Sociology has informed Sporting Equals’s latest consumer research which provides valuable insight...

• Leicester academic to provide legal and ethical advice on museum closures in sector

  Date: 7 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-academic-to-provide-legal-and-ethical-advice-on-museum-closures-in-sector

  An academic from our School of Law will be providing ethical and legal advice on museum closures as part of a working group set up to draft...

• Writer and political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to assess the state of Britain today

  Date: 5 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/writer-and-political-commentator-yasmin-alibhai-brown-to-assess-the-state-of-britain-today

  A journalist considered one of the few female Muslim voices on the political stage is to speak on the state of Britain at a University lecture...

• Expert opinions cover overdiagnosis and the departure of Sam Allardyce as England football manager

  Date: 4 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/expert-opinions-cover-overdiagnosis-and-the-departure-of-sam-allardyce

  John Williams from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology has written an article for The Conversation discussing the departure of Sam...