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• Lad culture in education promotes misogynistic messages researchers say

  Date: 16 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/lad-culture2019-in-education-promotes-misogynistic-messages-researchers-say

  Researchers will be debating the rise of ‘lad culture’ in education and how it promotes a ‘nexus of sexism’ at an upcoming free public event on 22...

• Social media to create earlywarning systems to combat future disasters

  Date: 10 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/social-media-to-create-2018early-warning-systems2019-to-combat-future-disasters

  Researchers from the Department of Media and Communication are examining how communities can use social media to improve their resilience to both...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 4 10 June

  Date: 10 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-4-10-june

  Professor Melanie Simms from the School of Management has discussed on The Conversation how the recent successes of the Rail, Maritime and...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 28 May 3 June

  Date: 3 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-28-may-3-june

  John Williams from the Department of Sociology has written a piece for The Conversation on Sepp Blatter, who before recently resigning from his...

• Leicester reaches one million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 22 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-reaches-1-million-readers-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across the University have collectively captured the imagination of over one million readers through more than 100 articles on The...

• Make yourself at gnome the fashionable hermit in the garden

  Date: 11 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/gnome-man2019s-land-the-fashionable-hermit-in-the-garden

  The curious story of garden hermits - from their distant ancestors in imperial Rome to their humble modern counterpart, the dapper garden gnome -...

• University celebrates 50 years of media and communication research with international conference

  Date: 11 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/university-celebrates-50-years-of-media-and-communication-research-with-international-conference

  More than 1,000 delegates from around the world are expected to attend an international conference at the University of Leicester next summer as...

• Media features President and Vice-Chancellor speaking on gender equality campaign

  Date: 8 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/media-features-president-and-vice-chancellor-speaking-on-gender-equality-campaign

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has spoken about Leicester’s involvement in the UN Women’s HeForShe solidarity movement in the...

• Staff and students to climb Everest in Leicester

  Date: 30 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/staff-and-students-to-climb-everest-in-leicester

  The Attenborough Tower, the tallest building on the University of Leicester’s campus, stands at 52 metres high.

• Author Edna OBrien to explore the writers craft

  Date: 30 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/author-edna-obrien-to-explore-the-writers-craft

  Award-winning author and playwright Edna O’Brien will be discussing the craft of writing at the free public 4th Annual Creative Writing Lecture on...