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• 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...

• Over 200 academics sign up as University experts

  Date: 17 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/over-200-academics-sign-up-as-university-experts

  More than 200 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to the University's Experts Guide, helping to highlight research taking place at our...

• University Criminologist to lead plenary session at international justice conference

  Date: 16 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/university-criminologist-to-lead-plenary-session-at-international-justice-conference

  Professor Neil Chakraborti (pictured) – Head of the Department of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Hate Studies – has been invited to...

• Listen to the very first episode of The Bulletin

  Date: 15 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/listen-to-the-very-first-episode-of-the-bulletin

  You can now listen to the latest news from around the university via The Bulletin, produced by the University of Leicester News Centre.

• Millions of people are reading opinion pieces written by Leicester researchers

  Date: 9 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/millions-of-people-are-reading-opinion-pieces-written-by-leicester-researchers

  Millions of people are reading opinion pieces authored by Leicester academics.

• East Midlands Policing Academic Collaboration launch

  Date: 8 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/east-midlands-policing-academic-collaboration-launch

  The University of Leicester has joined a new collaboration of seven universities, five police forces and five Police and Crime Commissioners...

• Expert opinions cover stolen treasure sugar refugees the EU and market crashes

  Date: 8 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/expert-opinions-cover-stolen-treasure-sugar-refugees-and-the-eu

  Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management has written an article for The Conversation discussing the origin of the national institute,...

• Historical photo could be earliest of female geologist

  Date: 7 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/historical-photo-could-be-earliest-of-female-geologist

  An enigmatic photograph titled ‘The Geologists’ showing a lady and a gentleman in front of some rocks is believed to have been taken at Chudleigh...