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• Leicester Ageing Together Learning event: BAME older people flourishing

  Date: 22 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/22-leicester-ageing-together-learning-event-bame-older-people-flourishing

  University of Leicester co-organised event to focus on overcoming loneliness among BAME older people in the community.

• Research project on gay migration and HIV-status is recruiting participants

  Date: 13 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/13-project-gay-migration-hiv-status-recruiting-participants

  University of Leicester seeking HIV-positive gay/bi/queer/MSM men needed for new research study Researchers at the University of Leicester are...

• Is the UK citizenship test counterproductive?

  Date: 12 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/12-uk-citizenship-test-counterproductive

  New research indicates that gaining UK citizenship leads to immigrants becoming less engaged in politics.

• A summit on tackling loneliness and social isolation in Leicestershire is being held this week

  Date: 29 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/29-loneliness-social-isolation-summit

  The University of Leicester’s Unit for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement (DICE) along with Leicestershire County Council are bringing...

• Newborns, migrants and the idea of home explored at University of Leicester lectures

  Date: 25 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/26-doctoral-inaugural-lectures

  Doctoral Inaugural Lectures on 3 October discuss length of stay in neonatal care and home-making practices of migrants

• Shedding light on historical stories of displacement and forced migration

  Date: 3 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/shedding-light-on-historical-stories-of-displacement-and-forced-migration

  During Leicester’s 2018 Journeys Festival international, where the creative talents of exceptional refugee and asylum seeker artists are...

• Tor Clark talks popularity of ITVs Love Island and predicts who will win tonights series final

  Date: 30 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/tor-clark-talks-popularity-of-itv2019s-love-island-and-predicts-who-will-win-tonight2019s-series-final

  Tor Clark, Associate Professor in Journalism, and a regular media commentator for BBC Radio Leicester, has discussed the Love Island phenomenon...

• Im pleased that I followed my heart and studied Sociology it allowed me to learn about Britain and also to develop a global perspective

  Date: 17 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/201ci2019m-pleased-that-i-followed-my-heart-and-studied-sociology-it-was-a-chance-to-learn-more-about-british-and-2018western2019-culture201d

  When deciding what she was going to study in the UK, Phoebe wanted to explore something new.

• Students from Leicesters universities gain military skills

  Date: 16 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/students-from-leicester2019s-universities-gain-military-skills

  Students from Leicester’s two universities have been put through their paces – quite literally.

• Being humane

  Date: 9 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/being-humane

  Humane responses to the ‘migration crisis’ are to be explored at an event organised by a Leicester academic and taking place at Leicester Cathedral.