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• Leicester Peace Talks: Public lecture on post-WW2 migration experiences

  Date: 31 October 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-postww2-immigration

  A public lecture at the University of Leicester on 6 November will explore how Government policies around immigration from the Caribbean have...

• Moonstruck Exhibition eclipses expectations

  Date: 6 April 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/moonstruck-exhibition-eclipses-expectations

  Record numbers of visitors attended Leicester Cathedral for a University-sponsored British Science Week Festival event in the city.

• Leicester scientists to promote food security in Kenya

  Date: 3 August 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientists-to-promote-food-security-in-kenya

  Our University, in partnership with University of Nairobi in Kenya, has secured funding from the British Council’s Newton-Utafiti Fund for an...

• University contributes rare manuscript to major Sikh exhibition

  Date: 10 March 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-contributes-rare-manuscript-to-major-sikh-exhibition

  Our University is contributing a rare Sikh manuscript to a major exhibition showcasing unseen relics and artefacts from the 19th Century Anglo...

• Event to celebrate slavery abolitionists

  Date: 24 September 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/event-to-celebrate-slavery-abolitionists

  The achievements of two 19th century Leicestershire women who championed a fight against slavery are to be celebrated at a free event at the...

• Conference to discuss ways of eradicating female genital mutilation in the UK

  Date: 3 March 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/conference-to-discuss-ways-of-eradicating-female-genital-mutilation-in-the-uk

  This year, more than 20,000 girls under the age of 15 will be at risk of genital mutilation in the UK.

• The coffining of the mortal remains of King Richard III

  Date: 16 March 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/the-coffining-of-the-mortal-remains-of-king-richard-iii

  On Sunday 15 March, 2015 the coffining of the mortal remains of King Richard III took place in preparation for reinterment at Leicester Cathedral...

• University academic takes up role as Volunteer Emergency Doctor for Leicestershire

  Date: 23 March 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/university-academic-takes-up-role-as-volunteer-emergency-doctor-for-leicestershire

  East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme (EMICS) has announced the appointment of Professor Guy Rutty MBE as a Volunteer Emergency Doctor.

• Expert opinions cover Syria Pokmon Go The GBBO wildfires and religious symbols

  Date: 30 August 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-opinions-cover-syria-pokemon-go-the-gbbo-wildfires-and-religious-symbols

  PhD student Seyda Eruyar from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing her...

• Competition winners to receive photographs signed by Tim Peake

  Date: 29 September 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/competition-winners-to-receive-photographs-signed-by-tim-peake

  Children will be awarded their chosen photographs taken by astronauts at a ceremony at the National Space Centre this week.