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• Crime writer and creator of Inspector Morse dies

  Date: 21 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/crime-writer-and-creator-of-inspector-morse-dies

  The University has learnt of the death of the author Colin Dexter, most famous for creating the character of Inspector Morse and the series of...

• Academic revives Joe Ortons mischievous alter ego Mrs Edna Welthorpe

  Date: 16 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/academic-revives-joe-orton2019s-mischievous-alter-ego-2018mrs-edna-welthorpe2019-1

  To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton, Curve is currently staging a major production of his final play...

• Expert opinions cover the British Empire air pollution the CIA and how society sleeps

  Date: 14 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-opinions-cover-the-british-empire-air-pollution-the-cia-and-how-society-sleeps

  Dr Stan Neal from the School of History, Politics and International Relations has written an article for The Conversation about how the British...

• Expert opinions cover degree building Brexit and Gibraltar tinnitus and the BBC

  Date: 7 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-opinions-cover-degree-building-brexit-and-gibraltar-and-the-bbc

  The government says students should get transferable credits for modules and feel free to move between higher education providers.

• Film screening and QA with Leverhulme Artist in Residence for International Womens Day

  Date: 6 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/film-screening-and-q-a-with-leverhulme-artist-in-residence-for-international-womens-day

  As part of International Women’s Day at our University, Kajal Nisha Patel, Leverhulme Artist in Residence (2016), will be in conversation with Dr...

• Expert opinions cover Claudio Ranieri Michael Gove teaching in the 21st century and much more

  Date: 28 Feb 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-opinions-cover-claudio-ranieri-michael-gove-and-teaching-in-the-21st-century

  John Williams, Senior Lectuer in Sociology, discussed the controversial sacking of Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri in an article for The...

• Extraordinary project challenged perceptions of disability and attitudes towards difference

  Date: 24 Feb 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/extraordinary-project-challenged-perceptions-of-disability-and-attitudes-towards-difference

  An extraordinary project led by Leicester brought together 4 artists and 8 of the UK’s most renowned medical museums in a unique collaboration to...

• Expert opinion Changes under Gove have brought about STEM teacher shortage

  Date: 22 Feb 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/changes-under-gove-have-brought-about-stem-teacher-shortage-say-experts

  Schools face a “looming disaster” over a severe shortage of teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects, education and...

• Leicester PhD graduates debut novel among most anticipated books of 2017

  Date: 21 Feb 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-phd-graduate2019s-debut-novel-among-most-anticipated-books-of-2017

  Leicester PhD graduate Dr Sabyn Javeri’s debut novel, Nobody Killed Her, has been included as one of the Huffington Post India’s most anticipated...

• Expert opinions cover the Stoke byelection rocks and Indian banknotes

  Date: 20 Feb 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/expert-opinions-cover-trump-rocks-an-indian-banknotes

  Inès Hassen, Researcher at the Centre for Urban History and Teaching Fellow in French Studies, discusses how the cultural and economic history of...