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• Academic shapes national project on history of the electricity supply industry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/academic-shapes-national-project-on-history-of-the-electricity-supply-industry

  Dr Sally Horrocks from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has helped to shape a national project examining the inside story of the British power industry.

• Departments receive recognition for tackling gender inequality

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/university-of-leicester-departments-receive-recognition-for-tackling-gender-inequality

  Advance HE has announced that three University of Leicester departments are among the most recent institutions and departments to receive an Athena SWAN award, in the charter that recognises commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education.

• Student creates innovative manga series to engage people with geology

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/student-creates-innovative-manga-series-to-engage-people-with-geology

  Millions of people worldwide read manga - a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels - but geology rarely features in these stories.

• Leicester PhD student publishes book on traditional British ballads

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-phd-student-publishes-book-on-traditional-british-ballads

  PhD student Kevan Manwaring from our School of Arts is publishing a new book based on his Creative Writing PhD research which will appeal to people passionate about folk music and storytelling.

• University buildings renamed after English Premier League Champions

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-buildings-renamed-after-english-premier-league-champions

  For one day only our University will rename its buildings after the Leicester City Football squad in celebration of their remarkable Premier League success and to show its support on the day of the team’s victory parade.

• Code of practice concerning freedom of speech

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/codes-practice/freedom-speech

  The University of Leicester affirms its legal duty to uphold freedom of speech within the law, ensuring open debate while promoting dignity and respect.

• What can schools REALLY do about Andrew Tate?     

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/06/05/what-can-schools-really-do-about-andrew-tate/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on June 5, 2023 By Di Levine Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Criminology and Visiting Research Associate (Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg) And Matteo...

• February Book Group: Decline and Fall

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/02/28/bookgroupdecline/

  A summary of the February 2014 Book Group meeting

• Dismemberment in Victorian London: The Thames Torso Murders. By Shane McCorristine

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/05/31/thames-torso-murders/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on May 31, 2016   Battersea, London. Source: The A to Z of Victorian London. Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent, 1987.

• Juno’s First 150 Days

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/11/29/the-first-150-days-of-juno/

  University of Leicester, Staff Blogs