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• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 21 April

  Date: 22 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-15-21-april

  Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an opinion piece for The Conversation about a sexology conference...

• Acclaimed writers to speak at biggest ever Evelyn Waugh conference

  Date: 22 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/acclaimed-writers-to-speak-at-evelyn-waugh-conference

  Acclaimed writers Selina Hastings, William Boyd and Paula Byrne are set to speak at a major conference on the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh...

• Event in Trinidad and Tobago celebrates world-class academic success

  Date: 21 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/event-in-trinidad-and-tobago-celebrates-world-class-academic-success

  A celebration of success at the highest level of international education is to be marked in Port of Spain, Trinidad on the afternoon of Saturday...

• Runic charms and boat burials to be discussed at Viking symposium

  Date: 16 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/runic-charms-and-boat-burials-to-be-discussed-at-upcoming-symposium

  From burials in boats to the perceived magical properties of runic charms, members of the public are invited to come together at the University to...

• Upcoming conference to celebrate 30 year anniversary of DNA fingerprinting discovery

  Date: 13 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/upcoming-conference-to-celebrate-30-year-anniversary-of-dna-fingerprinting-discovery

  In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the landmark discovery and application of DNA fingerprinting by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the...

• Was Richard IIIs scoliosis kept a secret until his death

  Date: 13 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/was-richard-iiis-scoliosis-kept-a-secret-until-his-death

  Last month saw the mortal remains of King Richard III reinterred at Leicester Cathedral, more than two years after University archaeologists...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 714 April

  Date: 9 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-7-14-april

  Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an article for The Conversation exploring how it could be a good...

• April Fools No we are not changing our name

  Date: 1 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/april-fools-no-we-are-not-changing-our-name

  Today’s brilliant April Fool story in the Independent has generated a lot of discussion on social media, with many people citing it as their...

• Hidden Stories book launch celebrates Leicesters and Glossops Deindustrial Past

  Date: 31 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/2018hidden-stories2019-book-launch-celebrates-leicester2019s-and-glossop2019s-de-industrial-past

  The AHRC-funded ‘Affective Digital Histories: Recreating De-industrial Places, 1970s to the Present’ project team will present an evening of...

• How Twitter users can work together to defuse social tensions

  Date: 31 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/how-twitter-users-can-work-together-to-defuse-social-tensions

  A report co-authored by Dr Paul Reilly (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has found that social media sites such as Twitter...