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• Lecture to discuss how sexual commerce has adapted to the digital age

  Date: 11 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/how-sexual-commerce-has-adapted-to-the-digital-age

  An exploration of how commercial sex in the Western world is mediated or performed through the internet and digital technologies forms part of a...

• Research to investigate round mounds of the Isle of Man

  Date: 10 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/research-to-investigate-round-mounds-of-the-isle-of-man

  Dr Rachel Crellin (pictured) from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and Dr Chris Fowler (Newcastle University) aim to investigate what...

• 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...

• One hundred Leicester academics writing articles for The Conversation

  Date: 29 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/one-hundred-leicester-academics-now-writing-articles-for-the-conversation

  One hundred academics from across our University have written more than 180 articles for The Conversation, applying their research expertise to...

• New study to explore actions of solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees

  Date: 16 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-study-to-explore-actions-of-solidarity-with-asylum-seekers-and-refugees

  A new study into collective actions in support of vulnerable groups – including asylum seekers and refugees - is being led by our University in...

• Chinese link with local renal unit builds on University initiatives

  Date: 14 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/chinese-link-with-local-renal-unit-builds-on-university-initiatives

  Links with a nephrology unit in Nantong China developed by University researchers have now led to Leicester’s Hospitals’ John Walls Renal Unit...

• Role models Why allwhite isnt alright

  Date: 1 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/role-models-why-all-white-isnt-alright

  A new research project involving the University of Leicester will explore the importance of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) role models...

• The Bulletin Leicester research reveals dramatic increase in baby virus admissions

  Date: 31 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/the-bulletin-2013-leicester-research-reveals-dramatic-increase-in-baby-virus-admissions

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Research reveals 'dramatic increase' in baby virus admissions to...

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

  Date: 30 Aug 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...

• Hijacking of religious symbols by extremists intensifies rifts and tensions suggests academic

  Date: 26 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018hijacking2019-of-religious-symbols-by-extremists-intensifies-rifts-and-tensions-suggests-academic

  The ‘hijacking’ of religious symbols – such as beards, clothing and phrases - by extremists sullies their original use and intensifies rifts and...