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Researcher suggests mainstream media is responsible for shallow coverage of antirape activism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/researcher-suggests-mainstream-media-is-responsible-for-shallow-coverage-of-anti-rape-activism
Dr Kaitlynn Mendes (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has argued in a new book that the mainstream media often neglects...
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Leicesters contribution to forensic history featured by BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester2019s-contribution-to-forensic-history-featured-by-bbc
BBC4’s new three-part documentary series exploring the history and development of forensic science includes contributions from academics at the...
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Leicester in new study on social identity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-in-new-study-on-social-identity
The University has been selected as the only UK university to be involved in a Europe-wide project studying social identity.
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Research suggests most hate crimes against LGB and T victims go unreported
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-suggests-most-hate-crimes-against-lgb-and-t-victims-go-unreported
Fear of how they will be treated is leading to thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGB and T) not reporting hate crimes.
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New documentary warns of the effects of tax avoidance on national economies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/new-documentary-warns-of-the-effects-of-tax-avoidance-on-national-economies
Dr Angus Cameron (pictured) from the School of Management will be featured in the upcoming documentary The Price We Pay, directed by award-winning...
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Lad culture in education promotes misogynistic messages researchers say
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...
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Social media to create earlywarning systems to combat future disasters
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...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 4 10 June
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...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 28 May 3 June
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John Williams from the Department of Sociology has written a piece for The Conversation on Sepp Blatter, who before recently resigning from his...
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American Studies student to take the long way home for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/american-studies-student-to-take-the-long-way-home-for-charity
A student will join one of his oldest friends on a daunting 60-mile-a-day cycling trip from Austria to England in a mere 24 days.