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• The human legacy of American troops in Leicester

  Date: 2 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-human-legacy-of-american-troops-in-leicester

  The story of American soldiers in Leicester during World War Two is well known, as are the many wartime romances and the story of GI brides who...

• Digital showcase wins prestigious award

  Date: 1 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/digital-showcase-wins-prestigious-award

  A project that showcases the lives of British scientists involved in some of the most remarkable scientific and engineering discoveries of the...

• Unlocking the past from conflict to reform in the Northern Ireland Prison Service

  Date: 27 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/unlocking-the-past-from-conflict-to-reform-in-the-northern-ireland-prison-service

  An experienced prison governor and head of the Northern Ireland Prison Service is to speak on prison reform for the University of Leicester’s...

• Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050

  Date: 23 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050

  Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of...

• Paris and the rush to remember the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings

  Date: 20 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/paris-and-the-rush-to-remember-the-aftermath-of-the-2005-london-bombings

  A call for any memorial event following the Paris attacks to be ‘more sensitively handled’ than the official response to the 2005 London bombings...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 19 25 November

  Date: 20 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-19-25-november

  Dr Daniel Ladley from the Department of Economics has written an article for The Conversation discussing how cooperative groups work better than...

• Debate to discuss the future of human rights protection in the UK

  Date: 18 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/debate-to-discuss-the-future-of-human-rights-protection-in-the-uk

  Ongoing debates about the future of human rights protection in the UK will be discussed at an event in London on Tuesday 24 November.

• Famous fossil collectors childhood memento discovered on UK coastline

  Date: 18 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/ffamous-fossil-collector-childhood-momento-discovered-on-uk-coastline

  Researchers have been studying a recently discovered childhood token - believed to have belonged to the pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning -...

• What will the museums of tomorrow look like

  Date: 13 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/what-will-the-museums-of-tomorrow-look-like

  Leading figures from some of the world’s foremost cultural organisations will discuss the leading-edge approaches that will shape the design of...

• UK governments urged to reconsider the practice of collective worship and religious observance in schools

  Date: 12 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/uk-governments-urged-to-reconsider-the-practice-of-collective-worship-and-religious-observance-in-schools

  The majority of schools in the UK are required by law to organise acts of collective worship (England, Northern Ireland, Wales) or religious...