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• Leicester academic to appear on BBC Radio 4 to discuss celebrated American author J D Salinger

  Date: 15 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/university-of-leicester-academic-to-appear-on-bbc-radio-4-to-discuss-celebrated-american-author-j-d-salinger

  A University of Leicester lecturer in American Literature will be exploring the English influences on J. D.

• Successful BME women to celebrate diversity and breaking down barriers

  Date: 8 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/successful-bme-women-to-celebrate-diversity-and-breaking-down-barriers

  Successful local women will be leading a discussion on celebrating the achievements of women from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds and...

• Expert opinions cover the shaming of expornstar Sunny Leone mechanical doping and how ethnic minority students are excelling in schools

  Date: 3 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/expert-opinions-cover-the-shaming-of-pornstar-sunny-leone-and-how-ethnic-minority-students-are-excelling-in-schools

  Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing the recent interview...

• More attention needed on employee involvement to fix Britains productivity problem

  Date: 2 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/more-attention-needed-for-the-2018human-factor2019-in-management

  A report entitled Involvement and Productivity – The missing piece of the puzzle?’ released this week by the Involvement and Participation...

• How the Bank of England was built by pirate booty

  Date: 2 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/how-the-bank-of-england-was-built-by-pirate-booty

  The remarkable similarities between the invention of the novel and of commercial corporations such as the Bank of England in the seventeenth...

• Graduation Gallery

  Date: 22 Jan 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/graduation-round-up

  Congratulations to all of the students who have graduated this week and to the distinguished leaders who received honorary degrees from the...

• Department of Sociology to host conference on social science methodology

  Date: 21 Jan 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/department-of-sociology-to-host-conference-on-social-science-methodology-2

  Our College of Social Science will be hosting a major international conference on social science methodology later this year.

• DICE and the British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards 2016

  Date: 18 Jan 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/dice-and-the-british-ethnic-diversity-sports-awards-2016

  The DICE unit will be special guests at the SECOND annual Lycamobile British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards (BEDSAs) on 6 February.

• Japanese Princess attends graduation ceremony

  Date: 18 Jan 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/japanese-princess-to-attend-graduation-ceremony

  Our University is delighted to announce that Princess Mako of Akishino is returning to Leicester in order to be awarded her postgraduate degree in...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 7 13 January

  Date: 13 Jan 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-7-13-january

  In an article for University Business, Professor Paul Boyle, President and Vice-Chancellor, reflects on his first year in post and ambitious plans...