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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...

• Richard III geneticist among those nominated for national archaeology award

  Date: 8 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/richard-iii-geneticist-among-those-nominated-for-national-archaeology-award

  Our geneticist who led the international research team involved in the DNA identification work of Richard III has been nominated for a new award.

• Excavation of Roman Cemetery nominated for national archaeology award

  Date: 1 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/excavation-of-roman-cemetery-nominated-for-national-archaeology-award

  For the second year running a project led by Leicester archaeologists has been nominated in the Current Archaeology Awards, this year in the...

• 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...

• 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...