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• University celebrates 50 years of media and communication research with international conference

  Date: 11 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/university-celebrates-50-years-of-media-and-communication-research-with-international-conference

  More than 1,000 delegates from around the world are expected to attend an international conference at the University of Leicester next summer as...

• Holocaust awareness event to pay tribute to liberators of Belsen camp

  Date: 8 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/holocaust-awareness-event-to-pay-tribute-to-liberators-of-belsen

  Today is the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, first celebrated on 8 May 1945, which marks the formal acceptance by the Allies of...

• Media features President and Vice-Chancellor speaking on gender equality campaign

  Date: 8 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/media-features-president-and-vice-chancellor-speaking-on-gender-equality-campaign

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has spoken about Leicester’s involvement in the UN Women’s HeForShe solidarity movement in the...

• New course to teach how modern museums can improve health and human rights

  Date: 6 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/new-course-to-teach-how-modern-museums-can-improve-health-and-human-rights

  The world’s first ‘Massive Open Online Course’ (MOOC) in Museum Studies is to be launched by the University, providing people with the opportunity...

• Heritage destruction in conflict zones offers archaeological opportunities

  Date: 30 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/heritage-destruction-in-conflict-zones-offers-archaeological-opportunities

  An international archaeological team co-led by Leicester researchers is investigating an historic site devastated by conflict in Lebanon - and has...

• Staff and students to climb Everest in Leicester

  Date: 30 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/staff-and-students-to-climb-everest-in-leicester

  The Attenborough Tower, the tallest building on the University of Leicester’s campus, stands at 52 metres high.

• Author Edna OBrien to explore the writers craft

  Date: 30 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/author-edna-obrien-to-explore-the-writers-craft

  Award-winning author and playwright Edna O’Brien will be discussing the craft of writing at the free public 4th Annual Creative Writing Lecture on...

• University celebrates milestone 100 articles on The Conversation

  Date: 29 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/university-reaches-100-articles-milestone-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across the University have collectively published 100 articles on The Conversation, setting a new milestone for Leicester in...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 22 30 April

  Date: 29 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-22-29-april

  Dr Nibedita S Ray-Bennett from the Civil Safety and Security Unit has written a piece for Think: Leicester where she discusses how a...

• Lights Camera ReAction

  Date: 27 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/lights-camera-reaction

  The blaze of publicity that surrounded the discovery and research on the remains of King Richard III has thrust the work of the University, and...