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• Scanning technology helps bring answers to Shoreham tragedy

  Date: 15 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/scanning-technology-helps-bring-answers-to-shoreham-tragedy

  Cutting-edge scanning technology was used to help identify victims of the crash at the Shoreham Air Show.

• Study finds higher-earning men would take a pay cut to spend more time with partners

  Date: 10 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/study-finds-higher-earning-men-would-take-a-pay-cut-to-spend-more-time-with-partners

  Most men in Europe want to spend fewer hours at work and more time with their families even though it would cut their income, a major study on...

• Women are more fairly funded in the social sciences

  Date: 8 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/women-are-more-fairly-funded-in-the-social-sciences

  Accounting for academic position, women are as successful as men at winning grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and they...

• Cast of ancient skull of Bede the Father of English history rediscovered

  Date: 4 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/cast-of-ancient-skull-of-bede-the-father-of-english-history-rediscovered

  A cast of the skull of Bede – the ‘Father of English History’ – has been rediscovered by Professor Jo Story from the School of History within the...

• Richard III gave battle in sand

  Date: 3 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-gave-battle-in-sand

  A time-lapse video showing the creation of a sand sculpture depicting the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 has been captured by the University of Leicester.

• Graduate poet publishes new anthology

  Date: 3 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/graduate-poet-publishes-new-anthology

  Poet Selina Nwulu, who graduated from the University with a degree in French and Italian from the School of Modern Languages, has published a new...

• The impact of diasporas within the UK and across the globe to be examined at conference

  Date: 2 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/the-impact-of-diasporas-within-the-uk-and-across-the-globe-to-be-examined-at-conference

  A one-day conference will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 17 September, at which 18 papers will present five years of...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 27 August 2 September

  Date: 28 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-27-august-2-september

  Dr Kelly Staples from the Department of Politics and International Relations has written an article for Think: Leicester examining recent data...

• Leicester reaches 15 million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 27 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-reaches-1-5-million-readers-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across the University have collectively captured the imagination of over 1.

• Heritage panels telling history of Leicester to be installed around city

  Date: 26 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/heritage-panels-telling-history-of-leicester-to-be-installed-around-city

  Colin Hyde at the East Midlands Oral History Archive has written the text for forty heritage panels that are being installed around Leicester.