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• Lecture to discuss how sexual commerce has adapted to the digital age

  Date: 11 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/how-sexual-commerce-has-adapted-to-the-digital-age

  An exploration of how commercial sex in the Western world is mediated or performed through the internet and digital technologies forms part of a...

• 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...

• Leicester academic to provide legal and ethical advice on museum closures in sector

  Date: 7 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-academic-to-provide-legal-and-ethical-advice-on-museum-closures-in-sector

  An academic from our School of Law will be providing ethical and legal advice on museum closures as part of a working group set up to draft...

• Writer and political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to assess the state of Britain today

  Date: 5 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/writer-and-political-commentator-yasmin-alibhai-brown-to-assess-the-state-of-britain-today

  A journalist considered one of the few female Muslim voices on the political stage is to speak on the state of Britain at a University lecture...

• Expert opinions cover overdiagnosis and the departure of Sam Allardyce as England football manager

  Date: 4 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/expert-opinions-cover-overdiagnosis-and-the-departure-of-sam-allardyce

  John Williams from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology has written an article for The Conversation discussing the departure of Sam...

• One hundred Leicester academics writing articles for The Conversation

  Date: 29 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/one-hundred-leicester-academics-now-writing-articles-for-the-conversation

  One hundred academics from across our University have written more than 180 articles for The Conversation, applying their research expertise to...

• New study to explore actions of solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees

  Date: 16 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-study-to-explore-actions-of-solidarity-with-asylum-seekers-and-refugees

  A new study into collective actions in support of vulnerable groups – including asylum seekers and refugees - is being led by our University in...

• Leicester alumnus appointed High Sheriff of East Sussex

  Date: 14 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-alumnus-appointed-high-sheriff-of-east-sussex

  Michael Foster, who is a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of East Sussex, was this year appointed the County’s High Sheriff.

• Expert opinions cover border controls Helen of Troy and Jupiters auroras

  Date: 6 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/expert-opinions-cover-border-controls-helen-of-troy-and-jupiters-auroras

  Professor Bernard Ryan from the School of Law has written an article for The Conversation discussing the admission of migrants from the Calais...

• Role models Why allwhite isnt alright

  Date: 1 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/role-models-why-all-white-isnt-alright

  A new research project involving the University of Leicester will explore the importance of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) role models...