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Academics highlight how University research is helping to shape policing practice in the UK and beyond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/academics-highlight-how-university-research-is-helping-to-shape-policing-practice-in-the-uk-and-beyond
Recently Dr Matt Tonkin and Richard Ilett from our Department of Criminology were invited to visit the Zhejiang Police College in Hangzhou China.
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Leicester event to explore human rights issues through film and the Arts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-event-to-explore-human-rights-issues-through-film-and-the-arts
As part of the 2017 Leicester Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, an event will be taking place to address the ‘migration crisis’ through the...
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Bestselling author Kate Summerscale to give lecture on Detecting Victorian Crime at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/bestselling-author-kate-summerscale-to-give-lecture-on-2018detecting-victorian-crime2019-at-leicester
Author of the bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale will give the annual Victorian Studies Centre lecture at the University...
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Joe Orton on the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/joe-orton-on-the-bbc
Material from the University of Leicester has played a key role in the making of a new documentary on the celebrated Leicester playwright Joe Orton.
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Video interview with street artist released
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/video-interview-with-street-artist-released
A video interview with street artist Stewy, who created artwork in our University Library, has now been released.
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Honour for leading criminologist at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/honour-for-leading-criminologist-at-university-of-leicester
A leading criminologist at the University of Leicester is bringing her expertise in forensic science and criminal justice to an editorial role.
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Museum of the Bible opens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/museum-of-the-bible-opens
The Museum of the Bible opened today (Friday) in Washington DC.
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Victorian Studies Centre marks 50th anniversary with convivial evening celebrating the works of Charles Dickens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/victorian-studies-centre-marks-50th-anniversary-with-convivial-evening-celebrating-the-works-of-charles-dickens
The University of Leicester’s Victorian Studies Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a convivial Dickensian evening on 22 November,...
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Rhyme and ride with Arriva as Leicester gets literary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/rhyme-and-ride-with-arriva-as-leicester-gets-literary
Today, Leicester-based poet and performer Lydia Towsey will be hopping on and off local bus services to entertain passengers and raise awareness...
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Crosscultural dialogue around themes of home belonging and refuge at Journeys in Translation event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/cross-cultural-dialogue-around-themes-of-home-belonging-and-refuge-at-2018journeys-in-translation2019-event
On Thursday 23 November, an event hosted by the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies (LeCTIS) will explore the unifying aspects of...