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• Drugs legislation requires review, says academic

  Date: 26 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/drugs-misuse-scarman-lecture

  The main piece of legislation used to combat illegal drug use in the UK is no longer fit for purpose, according to a leading criminologist at the...

• Two new Heads of School announced

  Date: 2 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/new-cssah-heads

  Two new Heads of School have been appointed within the University of Leicester’s College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH).

• Leicester research into acid attacks presented in Home Office report

  Date: 4 Feb 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/acid-attacks

  Researchers at the University of Leicester have published the first report of its kind examining attacks with acid and other corrosive substances.

• Professor Sally Kyd appointed first woman Head of Law

  Date: 1 Oct 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/professor-sally-kyd-appointed-first-woman-head-of-law

  Professor Sally Kyd, becomes the first woman to be appointed Head of Law at the University of Leicester.

• Innovative counter terrorism initiative sees one in three success rate for stop and search

  Date: 13 Dec 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/17-servator

  An innovative police counter terrorism initiative has seen a rise in the effectiveness of stop and search tactics, new research by the University...

• Documentary and discussion panel on women film directors

  Date: 15 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/18-half-the-picture

  A film screening and panel discussion at Phoenix on 26 November will explore the continuing under-representation of women among film directors.

• University response to EHRC racial harassment report

  Date: 22 Oct 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/23-university-response-to-ehrc-racial-harassment-report

  The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has today published a report examining racial harassment in higher education.

• Conference on stalking aims for closer integration of services

  Date: 8 Oct 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/09-stalking-conference

  Representatives from the police, CPS, health and probation services together with academics from criminology, forensic psychology and other...

• University of Leicester at the forefront of the fight against far right extremism

  Date: 18 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/19-national-action

  New research provides invaluable insight into far-right political group National Action.

• Centre for Hate Studies launches new suite of digital training on hate and extremism

  Date: 23 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/24-hate-studies-digital-training-extremism

  The Centre for Hate Studies at the University of Leicester has developed a new, free-of-charge suite of digital training modules on hate and...