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• Project to improve distraction burglary police detection

  Date: 19 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/project-to-improve-distraction-burglary-police-detection

  A new ‘best practice’ guide to help police forces detect cases of distraction burglary throughout the UK is being developed by our criminologists.

• New research reveals why drivers hit and run

  Date: 19 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-research-reveals-why-drivers-2018hit-and-run2019

  A new interim report by Dr Matt Hopkins and Sally Chivers from our Department of Criminology has started to identify the reasons why motorists...

• The Bulletin - Leicester study suggests exercise counteracts sitting time

  Date: 13 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/the-bulletin-leicester-study-suggests-exercise-counteracts-sitting-time

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear about the research which suggests that exercise counteracts...

• Expert opinions cover asylum laws Evelyn Waugh EU students digital activism cancer and broadcasting inequality

  Date: 8 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/expert-opinions-cover-asylum-laws-evelyn-waugh-and-eu-students

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has written an article for the Leicester Mercury on how membership of the EU is good for...

• Expert opinions cover football the Bemba conviction and Obamas visit to Cuba

  Date: 1 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/expert-opinions-cover-football-the-bemba-conviction-and-obamas-visit-to-cuba

  John Williams from the Department of Sociology has written three opinion pieces recently hosted on Think: Leicester.

• Unruly bodies and minds in the medical museum

  Date: 24 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/unruly-bodies-and-minds-in-the-medical-museum

  Following Mat Fraser’s astonishing and award-winning commission Cabinet of Curiosities that toured UK museums in 2015, Exceptional & Extraordinary...

• The Bulletin Leicester looks back at Richard III reinterment

  Date: 23 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/the-bulletin-2013-leicester-looks-back-at-richard-iii-reinterment

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre, you can hear how the University of Leicester has been marking the...

• Researcher wins Newton Fund Grant for Disasters and Development Research Network

  Date: 23 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/researcher-wins-newton-fund-grant-for-disasters-and-development-research-network

  A new project led by Dr Jonathan Corpus Ong from the Department of Media and Communication seeks to explore how media and communication...

• Research to examine how children use social media to promote mental wellbeing and seek health advice

  Date: 22 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-to-examine-how-children-use-social-media-to-promote-mental-wellbeing-and-seek-health-advice

  A new project led by Dr Michelle O'Reilly from the Department of Sociology aims to explore the role social media plays in promoting mental health...

• Research shows social media is beneficial for sharing and building upon patient experiences

  Date: 21 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-shows-social-media-is-beneficial-for-sharing-and-building-upon-patient-experiences

  Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms can be useful tools for helping patients with rare medical diseases exchange knowledge and...