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• Back to the Future Why it should never be remade

  Date: 21 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/back-to-the-future-why-it-should-never-be-remade

  To film aficionados, today is a very special day - 21 October 2015 is famous amongst Back to the Future fans as it is the day to which Marty...

• Responsible Leadership and educating the next generation are priorities to tackle widespread prejudice in Britain

  Date: 20 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/2018responsible-leadership-and-educating-the-next-generation-are-priorities-to-tackle-widespread-prejudice-in-britain

  The former Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, Lord Ouseley will draw on his own extensive experiences of coping with racial abuse and...

• Film screening to focus on migration and borders

  Date: 19 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/film-focus-on-migration

  The Leicester Migration Network is screening and hosting a free public discussion of ‘Everyday Borders’ on Wednesday October 28 at 6pm in the...

• Management Professor presents research to NHS employers

  Date: 16 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/management-professor-presents-research-to-nhs-employers

  The School of Management’s Stephen Wood, Professor of Management, speaking at the NHS Employers Autumn Workforce Summit at the Royal College of...

• New think tank on diversity and community engagement launches

  Date: 14 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/new-think-tank-on-diversity-and-community-engagement-launches

  Update: A video of the launch event lecture delivered by Lord Ouseley is available below A new think-tank tackling issues relating to diversity,...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 8 14 October

  Date: 13 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-8-14-october

  John Williams from the Department of Sociology has written an article for the Leicester Mercury discussing the nation's attitude towards rugby in...

• Events to explore the fight for equality power politics and inspirational figures

  Date: 9 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-equality-power-politics-and-inspirational-figures

  The University is celebrating Black History Month 2015 by hosting a number of free public events throughout October.

• The fight for minority rights in the United States to be explored at event

  Date: 8 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-minority-rights-forms-2018a-continuous-thread-of-american-history2019-1

  Issues of racism - from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s up until today - and how the ongoing fight for minority rights has formed...

• Professor Stephen Wood to present research highlighting the importance of employee involvement

  Date: 7 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/stephen-wood-presents-research-highlighting-the-importance-of-employee-involvement

  The School of Management’s Stephen Wood, Professor of Management, will be speaking at a UKWON symposium on Bringing wellbeing, mental health and...

• Over 150 academics sign up as University experts

  Date: 1 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/over-150-academics-sign-up-as-university-experts

  More than 150 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to the University's Experts Guide, helping to highlight research taking place at the...