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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’.

• Pro Bono Society speaks to BBC about volunteering in the local community

  Date: 14 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/pro-bono-society-speaks-to-bbc-about-volunteering-in-the-local-community

  Law students at our University showcased the work they do for the local community recently on BBC radio.

• 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.

• 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...

• Events to discuss Brexit and the law

  Date: 9 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/events-to-discuss-brexit-and-the-law

  Fifty years of legal education in Leicester are being celebrated with public events this week showcasing aspects of Brexit and the Law.

• 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...

• Event to discuss the 2016 Presidential Election and political divisions in the United States

  Date: 19 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/event-to-discuss-the-2016-presidential-election-and-political-divisions-in-the-united-states

  A visiting professor from the United States will be discussing the 2016 US Presidential Election and the politically polarised state of the...

• 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...