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• Thought piece: The sociological story of space travel

  Date: 16 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-cosmic-sociology

  Professor John Goodwin, Professor of Sociology and Sociological Practice, of our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, provides a...

• 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...

• Schoolchildren from Leicester to send messages of hope to refugee camp

  Date: 13 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/14-refugee-camp

  Appeal for more schools to become ‘Schools of Sanctuary’. Children from a Leicester school are to send messages of hope to a refugee camp in Greece.

• Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

  Date: 11 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth

  A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly...

• Students present youth violence solutions to the Home Office

  Date: 6 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/07-students-home-office-youth-violence-challenge

  On Wednesday 29 May, four of our students visited the Home Office to present their proposed solution to the problem of youth violence following...

• World-renowned sociologist to deliver Anthropocene lecture

  Date: 16 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/17-bruno-latour-anthropocene-lecture

  Professor Bruno Latour, the award-winning and renowned sociologist, philosopher and anthropologist, will deliver a lecture on the Anthropocene at...

• Leicester academic selected by Commission for Countering Extremism for research on the Far Right

  Date: 8 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/09-commission-for-countering-extremism-papers

  The independent Commission for Countering Extremism has today (Tuesday 9 April) announced that Dr Chris Allen, Associate Professor in Hate Studies...

• Leicester academic appointed to first ever Government LGBT Advisory Panel

  Date: 21 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/21-government-lgbt-advisory-panel

  Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, Associate Professor in Hate Studies within the Department of Criminology, has been appointed to the Government’s first ever...

• Professor Henrietta O'Connor appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of College

  Date: 15 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/15-henrietta-o-connor-new-pro-vc-head-of-college

  The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that Professor Henrietta O'Connor has been appointed to the role leading the College of...

• Immersive exhibition sheds new light on Calke Abbey’s ‘isolated’ family and gets people talking about loneliness and isolation

  Date: 1 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/01-calke-abbey

  ©National Trust / Rod Kirkpatrick Researchers from the University’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, working with the National Trust to...