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• Expert opinions cover Syria Pokmon Go The GBBO wildfires and religious symbols

  Date: 30 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-opinions-cover-syria-pokemon-go-the-gbbo-wildfires-and-religious-symbols

  PhD student Seyda Eruyar from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing her...

• Hijacking of religious symbols by extremists intensifies rifts and tensions suggests academic

  Date: 26 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018hijacking2019-of-religious-symbols-by-extremists-intensifies-rifts-and-tensions-suggests-academic

  The ‘hijacking’ of religious symbols – such as beards, clothing and phrases - by extremists sullies their original use and intensifies rifts and...

• Expert opinions cover magic glass Obamas nuclear policy Kenya and banning the burquini

  Date: 24 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-opinions-cover-magic-glass-obamas-nuclear-policy-kenya-and-banning-the-burquini

  Margaret Maclean from the Special Collections has written a Staff Blog discussing the cast of impossibly colourful characters in the collection of...

• The Bulletin Leicester researchers search for new epoch signal

  Date: 24 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/the-bulletin-2013-leicester-researchers-search-for-new-epoch-signal

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Leicester researchers involved in hunt for 'golden spike' that...

• Banning of burquinis is a step towards depriving Muslim women of equal citizenship expert suggests

  Date: 22 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/banning-of-2018burquinis2019-is-a-step-towards-depriving-muslim-women-of-equal-citizenship-expert-suggests

  The recent banning of the ‘burquini’ in Cannes is a step towards depriving Muslim women of equal citizenship, according to Dr Saeeda Shah...

• Obamas nuclear policy wishlist appears neither politically viable nor diplomatically wise

  Date: 19 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018obama2019s-nuclear-policy-wish-list-appears-neither-politically-viable-nor-diplomatically-wise2019

  Without broad approval at home or abroad Obama’s nuclear policy wish-list appears neither politically viable nor diplomatically wise in the longer...

• Expert opinions cover the Olympic Games and NATO

  Date: 15 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-opinions-cover-the-olympic-games-and-nato

  Dr Tara McCormack from the Department of Politics and International Relations has written an article for Spiked Online about the UK's involvement...

• 2015 was best ever year for tourism in Leicestershire

  Date: 12 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2015-best-ever-year-for-tourism-for-leicestershire

  Leicester City's Premier League success and the ongoing 'Richard III effect' made 2015 the best year ever for tourism in Leicestershire.

• Pope Franciss appeal for Poland to welcome refugees may remain unanswered

  Date: 1 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018pope-francis2019s-appeal-for-poland-to-welcome-refugees-may-remain-unanswered2019

  Pope Francis’s appeal to Polish people to welcome refugees into the country and to embrace EU integration may remain unanswered, according to an...

• Sixth Doctoral Award success for student researching assessment

  Date: 1 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/sixth-doctoral-award-success-for-student-researching-assessment

  Katerina Young has been awarded a highly prestigious TOEFL Doctoral Grant to support her research in writing assessment, supervised by Professor...