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• BLOG: what’s the wider story behind Leicester’s migration history?

  Date: 16 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/migration

  Fifty years ago Leicester welcomed up to 28,000 South Asian UK passport holders from Uganda.

• University of Leicester and Sporting Equals address lack of diversity in sports leadership

  Date: 7 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/leaderboard

  A programme designed to support and prepare people from minority ethnic backgrounds for future governance and leadership roles in UK sport has...

• Racially inclusive curriculum has positive impact on student experience, University of Leicester study finds

  Date: 6 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/race-report

  A University of Leicester study has shown how a more racially inclusive curriculum can have a positive impact on the relatability and relevance of...

• Two Leicester archaeologists win prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize

  Date: 21 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/leverhulme-prize

  Two academics from the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History have each been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme...

• University of Leicester event focusses on ‘The Most Diverse Street in Britain’

  Date: 14 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/narborough-road

  Narborough Road is the focus of the latest community event in the University of Leicester’s Migration and Making of Leicester series.

• University of Leicester academic recognised by National Teaching Fellowship Scheme

  Date: 10 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/paul-campbell

  A University of Leicester academic has been recognised for his research and teaching on race and inclusion by the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme.

• New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years

  Date: 28 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/herpes-genome

  Researchers have mapped the genetic structure of the herpes virus and, for the first time, traced its European origin back almost 5,000 years.

• Leicester archaeologists expand excavations at Leicester Cathedral site

  Date: 24 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/leicester-cathedral-ulas

  The team behind the discovery of Richard III have resumed major archaeological excavations at Leicester Cathedral, close to where the King was found.

• Misogynistic attitudes towards women’s sport among male football fans

  Date: 20 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/sport-misogyny

  Openly misogynistic attitudes towards women’s sport may be common amongst male football fans, according to new research involving online message...

• Digging for Britain: Leicester Archaeology projects to feature on BBC

  Date: 4 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/digging-for-britain

  Projects led by Leicester archaeologists are to be showcased on the new series of BBC TWO’s primetime TV series Digging for Britain in the New Year.