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• Criminology student selected for Leicester Tigers 2022/23 squad

  Date: 30 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/leicester-tigers

  A student who came late to the game of rugby has been selected to play for Leicester Tigers.

• University of Leicester academic recognised by National Teaching Fellowship Scheme

  Date: 10 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/paul-campbell

  A University of Leicester academic has been recognised for his research and teaching on race and inclusion by the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme.

• New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years

  Date: 28 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/herpes-genome

  Researchers have mapped the genetic structure of the herpes virus and, for the first time, traced its European origin back almost 5,000 years.

• New project to collect evidence of modern slavery among adult websites

  Date: 7 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/modern-slavery-adult-websites

  Adult service websites and their users have a key role to play in preventing modern slavery, according to a leading criminologist from the...

• Leicester archaeologists expand excavations at Leicester Cathedral site

  Date: 24 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/leicester-cathedral-ulas

  The team behind the discovery of Richard III have resumed major archaeological excavations at Leicester Cathedral, close to where the King was found.

• Nuclear expert cautions against unfamiliar new nuclear age

  Date: 22 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/nuclear-technologies

  High-tech advances in weapons technologies and a return of ‘great power nuclear politics’, risk the world ‘sleepwalking’ into a nuclear age vastly...

• Difficult Conversations: Public panel to tackle topic of nuclear conflict

  Date: 12 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/difficult-conversations-nuclear-weapons

  A leading international relations expert has warned of the danger of ‘alarmism’ around nuclear weapons ahead of a public panel discussion.

• Misogynistic attitudes towards women’s sport among male football fans

  Date: 20 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/sport-misogyny

  Openly misogynistic attitudes towards women’s sport may be common amongst male football fans, according to new research involving online message...

• Spacepower on Earth’s ‘cosmic coastline’ key to future large-scale conflicts, expert warns

  Date: 6 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/cas-spacepower

  Global developments in military spacepower are likely to play a major role in future conflicts, an expert has warned.

• Digging for Britain: Leicester Archaeology projects to feature on BBC

  Date: 4 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/digging-for-britain

  Projects led by Leicester archaeologists are to be showcased on the new series of BBC TWO’s primetime TV series Digging for Britain in the New Year.