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• 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...

• Study of freelance workers examines link between hours worked and their well-being

  Date: 30 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/study-of-freelance-workers-examines-link-between-hours-worked-and-their-well-being

  A new study of freelance workers has discovered key factors that affect their well-being – either making them happier or increasing anxiety and...

• Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week

  Date: 24 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-this-week

  Despite promises of ‘ultrafast’ broadband services in the latest Budget announcement, Dr Bianca Reisdorf from the Department of Media and...

• Space technology solutions for urban transport

  Date: 19 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/space-technology-solutions-for-urban-transport

  Space technology is increasingly being used to provide solutions to problems faced by all sorts of industries.

• Understanding election coverage using Big data

  Date: 17 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/understanding-election-coverage-using-big-data

  Researchers from our Department of Media and Communication, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, have for the first time analysed mass...

• Employment lecturer authors new report on Leicesters textile sector

  Date: 18 Feb 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/employment-lecturer-authors-new-report-on-leicesters-textile-sector

  Dr Nik Hammer (pictured), Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Centre for Sustainable Work and Employment Futures in the School of Management -...

• Corporate reform manifesto to be launched at Westminster

  Date: 17 Feb 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/corporate-reform-manifesto-to-be-launched-at-westminster

  Professor Martin Parker (pictured) from the School of Management will be a guest speaker at a People's Parliamentary debate at Westminster on 2...

• Governments more likely to be responsive when strong public opposition is voiced

  Date: 16 Feb 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/governments-more-likely-to-be-responsive-when-strong-public-opposition-is-voiced

  Governments often ignore public opposition to their policies but they are far less likely to do so when public opinion is strongly and...

• Managing a laugh students plan publicity campaign for Comedy Festival show

  Date: 13 Feb 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/managing-a-laugh-students-plan-publicity-campaign-for-comedy-festival-show

  In the midst of Leicester Comedy Festival, students from our MA Media and Advertising and MSc Marketing programmes in our School of Management and...