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• Research reveals what audiences expect when TV is offensive

  Date: 10 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/research-reveals-what-audiences-expect-when-tv-is-offensive

  Researchers from Leicester and Birmingham City University have revealed some of the key concerns audiences have with television they find ‘offensive’.

• New radio plays to celebrate Adrian Moles 50th birthday

  Date: 5 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/new-radio-plays-to-celebrate-adrian-moles-50th-birthday

  Budding writers are being called upon to help celebrate literary character Adrian Mole's 50th birthday.

• Academic presents research on silence in Japans second language classrooms

  Date: 4 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-presents-research-on-silence-in-japan2019s-second-language-classrooms

  Dr Jim King from the School of Arts has recently presented research in London to an audience of Japan experts and educationalists into why...

• 2016 A Year in Review Film

  Date: 15 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/2016-a-year-in-review

  With the year coming to a close, the University's News Centre has produced a short video showcasing a selection of key research projects, events...

• Leicester research cited in Parliament

  Date: 14 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-research-cited-in-parliament

  Excellent research from our University which has gone on to inform and shape Government reports has been cited in Parliament.

• Expert opinions cover changing culture tackling inequality the Casey Review and saffron the worlds most expensive spice

  Date: 13 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/expert-opinions-cover-changing-culture-tackling-inequality-the-casey-review-and-saffron-the-worlds-most-expensive-spice

  Dr Elizabeth Anderson from the Department of Medical and Social Care Education and Dr Simon Bennett from the School of Business have co-authored...

• Literary Leicester proves popular once again

  Date: 7 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/literary-leicester-proves-popular-once-again

  Over 3000 people attended an event at the University’s Literary Leicester Festival this year, with great feedback from audiences that travelled...

• Philip Larkin memorial to join literary greats in Westminster Abbey on 31st anniversary of his death

  Date: 2 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/philip-larkin-memorial-to-join-literary-greats-in-westminster-abbey-on-31st-anniversary-of-his-death

  A memorial stone to the poet Philip Larkin, inscribed with lines from one of his most famous works An Arundel Tomb – “our almost instinct almost...

• Academic publishes one of the best books of the year

  Date: 30 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/academic-publishes-one-of-the-best-books-of-the-year

  A book by University of Leicester academic Dr Kate Loveman has been cited among the best books of the year.

• UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad: 'The Struggle of Yazidis against IS'

  Date: 26 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/un-goodwill-ambassador-nadia-murad

  Summary of a talk to staff, students and public by Nadia Murad, who escaped from ISIS, given on 26 November 2016