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• Expert opinions cover museums Donald Trump driverless cars nuclear weapons Brexit craftivism and managers

  Date: 1 Feb 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/expert-opinions-cover-museums-donald-trump-driverless-cars-nuclear-weapons-and-brexit

  Robin Clarke from the School of Museum Studies has discussed how museums can respond to the rise of the far-right in Europe.

• Leicester reaches three million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 27 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-reaches-three-million-readers-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across our University have collectively captured the imagination of over three million readers through over 180 articles written...

• What Brexit could mean for the University sector

  Date: 25 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/what-brexit-could-mean-for-the-university-sector

  Professor Iain Gillespie, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Enterprise at our University, has commented on how UK universities and EU funding...

• Watch Leicester academic address EU Select Committee inquiry on the impact of Brexit on Gibraltar

  Date: 25 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/watch-leicester-academic-address-eu-select-committee-inquiry-on-the-impact-of-brexit-on-gibraltar

  University academic Dr Chris Grocott, from the School of Business, presented evidence to the House of Lords EU Select Committee on the 24 January...

• Time to reflect on Holocaust Memorial Day

  Date: 20 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/time-to-reflect-on-holocaust-memorial-day

  The origins of Nazi genocide will be explored at our University's annual Holocaust Memorial Day lecture at 6:00pm on Tuesday 24 January 2017.

• Holocaust Memorial Day lecture to inaugurate new Erasmus partnership between our University and the University of Rostock

  Date: 19 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/holocaust-memorial-day-lecture-to-inaugurate-new-erasmus-partnership-between-our-university-and-the-university-of-rostock

  The origins of Nazi genocide will be explored at our University's annual Holocaust Memorial Day lecture at 6:00pm on Tuesday 24 January 2017.

• Expert panel visiting Leicester to take Brexit questions - spaces still available

  Date: 16 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/expert-panel-visiting-leicester-to-take-brexit-questions

  Yesterday (17 January), Prime Minister Theresa May gave a highly anticipated speech on Brexit in which she said the UK "cannot possibly" remain...

• Leicester research cited in Parliament

  Date: 14 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-research-cited-in-parliament

  Excellent research from our University which has gone on to inform and shape Government reports has been cited in Parliament.

• UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad: 'The Struggle of Yazidis against IS'

  Date: 26 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/un-goodwill-ambassador-nadia-murad

  Summary of a talk to staff, students and public by Nadia Murad, who escaped from ISIS, given on 26 November 2016

• Nobel peace prize nominee held captive by IS gives public lecture - photo gallery added

  Date: 24 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/nobel-peace-prize-nominee-held-captive-by-is-to-give-public-lecture

  Nobel Peace Prize nominee and UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad, a Yazidi woman who was held captive by Islamic State members and whose six...