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International experts convene for groundbreaking workshop on empathic leadership education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/empathy-leadership-leicester-workshop
A one-day workshop to develop the world's first comprehensive curriculum on empathic leadership for healthcare professionals is set to take place.
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Free event aims to help educators support prematurely born children in their settings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/webinar-premature-babies-university
Early years staff and educators are being invited to join a free event hosted by the University of Leicester to help them better understand a...
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Leicester co-founds UK Nuclear Deterrence Network
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-founder-member-uk-nuclear-deterrence-network
The University of Leicester has joined partners to launch a network which will examine and assess nuclear deterrence and inform UK nuclear policy.
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Leicester-led study to explore mental health and drug use in colonial and post-colonial prisons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-study-mental-health-drug-prisons
The University of Leicester has been awarded £3.3m to research drugs and mental health in prison settings globally.
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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.
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Black British history scholarship is established to honour historian and activist Len Garrison
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/black-british-history-scholarship-historian-activist-len-garrison
Three postgraduates will be able study Black British history with the University of Leicester free of charge, thanks to a scholarship set up to...
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Exhibition brings Leicester’s Second World War voices to life to mark VE Day’s 80th anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/website-leicester-second-world-war-voices-ve-day-80th-anniversary
The voices of Leicester people who lived through the Second World War can now be heard on a website launched in time for the 80th anniversary of...
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New training set to support more children born prematurely and their families
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/premature-birth-training-smallest-things
A new online module created with the help of Leicester experts, ‘Supporting children and families in the pre-school’ years, has been released to...
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University of Leicester building officially reopened as Kathleen Kenyon Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/kathleen-kenyon-building-naming-ceremony
The University of Leicester's home for the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and the School of Museum Studies has been named after Dame...
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Family friendly free event to showcase the region’s heritage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/celebration-heritage-hub-leicester-event
A free family friendly event which puts the spotlight on the rich heritage of our city and region takes place at the University of Leicester on...