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• Expert opinions cover middleaged entrepreneurs descended testicles in mammals heatwaves sex work football and heritage sites

  Date: 3 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/expert-opinions-cover-entrepreneurs-and-descended-testicles-in-mammals

  In an article for The Conversation, Dr Sukanlaya Sawang from our School of Business has discussed how research shows that the probability of...

• Exemplary equality work at Leicester gains national recognition

  Date: 29 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/exemplary-equality-work-at-leicester-gains-national-recognition

  One of the UK’s most significant LGBT+ awards ceremony is to feature exemplary work by the University of Leicester.

• A Tale of Muslim Britain

  Date: 28 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/a-tale-of-muslim-britain

  Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the first British Muslim woman to attend Parliament, spoke to a large and diverse audience at a Unit for Diversity,...

• Why public health campaigns and the BMI scale may do more harm than good- claim

  Date: 15 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/why-public-health-campaigns-and-the-bmi-scale-may-do-more-harm-than-good-claim

  Dr Oli Williams, Research Associate in the University’s Department of Health Sciences, has recently shared why well-intentioned public health...

• The Enemy Within A Tale of Muslim Britain

  Date: 11 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/the-enemy-within-a-tale-of-muslim-britain

  Ex-Chair of the Conservative Party, Senior Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and once a Minister for Faith and...

• Film highlights experiences of children in the Calais Jungle

  Date: 16 May 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-hosts-film-highlighting-plight-of-children-in-the-calais-jungle

  Calais Children: a Case to Answer, a film which highlights the plight of almost 2,000 lone children who were in the Calais ‘Jungle’ when it was...

• Study shows large gender imbalance in funding given for cancer research

  Date: 15 May 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/study-shows-large-gender-imbalance-in-funding-given-for-cancer-research

  Male researchers receive far greater funding for cancer research than their female equivalents, suggests a study involving University of Leicester...

• Researchers help map the route to a highly skilled digital future for museums

  Date: 19 Apr 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/researchers-help-map-the-route-to-a-highly-skilled-digital-future-for-museums

  Research from Leicester and Warwick will help to transform the ways UK museums use digital technologies to share their collections and engage new...

• Leicester passes 5 million readers milestone on The Conversation

  Date: 11 Apr 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/leicester-passes-5-million-readers-milestone-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across our University have collectively captured the imagination of over 5 million readers through nearly 250 articles written...

• Opportunity to touch smell and taste a deconstructed medieval manuscript

  Date: 11 Apr 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/opportunity-to-touch-smell-and-taste-a-2018deconstructed2019-medieval-manuscript

  A unique opportunity to experience a medieval manuscript as a sensory experience will be taking place at the University.