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• 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).

• 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...

• 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.

• Victim of racist abuse joins study to explore racism in rural England

  Date: 11 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/rural-racism

  A university researcher who’s been on the receiving end of targeted racist abuse in the English countryside is part of a University of Leicester...

• Award-winning University of Leicester film Harms of Hate revisited a decade on

  Date: 18 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/harms-of-hate

  University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies will revisit its award-winning short film The Harms of Hate, a decade on.

• University of Leicester partners with local Violence Reduction Network and Home Office to tackle violent crime

  Date: 5 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/serious-violence

  Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Violence Reduction Network, in partnership with the University of Leicester and the Home Office, will...

• University of Leicester commissioned to undertake pioneering research into rural racism by Leverhulme Trust

  Date: 29 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/rural-racism

  University of Leicester experts have been commissioned by The Leverhulme Trust to develop a ground-breaking study on racism in rural England.

• Experts to debate impact of the Prevent strategy at University of Leicester

  Date: 27 Sep 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/scarman-770

  Experts on hate extremism and the policymaking designed to tackle it are to convene for a University of Leicester public event, to debate the...

• School of Criminology launches new podcast to tackle hate crime

  Date: 5 Sep 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/hidden-hate-podcast

  A new podcast series created by the University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies takes a deep dive into the causes behind hate online and...