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• Journalism academic set for ninth night of general election analysis

  Date: 1 Jul 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/tor-election

  As election fever hits the UK, one University of Leicester academic is about to cover his ninth UK general election night.

• University of Leicester film wins prestigious Learning On Screen Award

  Date: 10 May 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/harms-of-hate

  University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies has won a Learning On Screen Award 2024 for its short film, Revisiting the Harms of Hate.

• Major funding for flagship research project on AI in Law Enforcement

  Date: 8 May 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/ai

  A project investigating the future use of probabilistic AI in law enforcement has received major funding from Responsible AI UK (RAI UK).

• University of Leicester provides outstanding teacher training, says Ofsted

  Date: 17 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/teacher-training

  Ofsted, the government inspector of educational institutions has concluded that University of Leicester's initial teacher training courses are of...

• New Leicester education centre to provide opportunities for city’s young people

  Date: 22 Mar 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/intouni

  Young people in Leicester will have a greater chance of realising their ambitions thanks to a new education centre in the city.

• Pioneering African mental health study receives millions in funding from Wellcome

  Date: 26 Feb 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/neet

  A Wellcome-funded study led by the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of Leicester and others, aims to identify...

• New scientific technique helps catch wildlife criminals

  Date: 12 Feb 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/peregrine-falcon

  DNA tests co-developed by scientists from the University of Leicester and Scotland’s wildlife forensic lab are helping to catch criminals involved...

• Leicester graduate talks journalism success at national daily newspaper

  Date: 29 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/kelis-cassia-edwards

  Read more about Kelis' time at University of Leicester and what it is like working for one of the UK's largest newspapers.

• Prison noise examined in new book from Leicester alumnus

  Date: 24 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/prison-study

  A researcher has used her time spent behind bars while at the University of Leicester as the basis for a book on the effect of sound in prisons.

• COP28 redux: Where are we in the climate fight?

  Date: 19 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/tim-neff-cop28

  Lecturer in Journalism, Timothy Neff, attended COP28 to cover the conference’s side events.