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• Leicester leads report into stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-leads-report-into-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates-in-the-uk

  A research team led from the University of Leicester has identified large differences across the UK in the numbers and rates of babies who die, even after taking account of known factors that influence the rate of death such as poverty, mother’s age and ethnicity.

• Making contact

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/interviewing/making-contact

  Get more information on the best way to make contact with potential interviewees and the questions you may need to be prepared to answer.

• Grey Friars in old maps and plans

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/grey-friars-in-old-maps

  Historic maps of Leicester were an invaluable source of information for pinpointing the potential location of the Grey Friars, charting how that area of the town has changed over the last 400 years.

• Summer arrives with a new season at Attenborough Arts Centre 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/attenborough-arts-centre-summer-programme-2026

  This summer brings a new range of artist-led Creative Courses and Workshops, delivered by experienced tutors and artists to share their own artistic practices with new audiences.

• St Marys University ViceChancellor to give Chaplaincy Lecture in silver jubilee year

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/st-marys-university-vice-chancellor-to-give-chaplaincy-lecture-in-silver-jubilee-year

  British diplomat and academic Francis Campbell will deliver this year’s Chaplaincy Lecture.

• Department of Chemistry strengthens links with collaborators in China

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/department-of-chemistry-strengthens-links-with-collaborators-in-china

  Links between our University and a university in China have been strengthened with a new agreement to encourage the exchange of students and academics.

• Funny bones Richard III genealogist crowned winner of comedy challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/funny-bones-richard-iii-genealogist-crowned-winner-of-comedy-challenge

  Our very own Professor Kevin Schürer (pictured) has been crowned the winner of the 2016 Stand Up Challenge, held at Leicester Racecourse on Wednesday night.

• International conference tackles womens sexual and reproductive health during humanitarian crisis

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/international-conference-tackles-womens-sexual-and-reproductive-health-during-humanitarian-crisis

  A Leicester academic has represented her research on sexual and reproductive health protection for women at an international event in New Delhi attended by 4,000 participants and inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

• Five things you probably didn’t know about nuclear weapons

  https://le.ac.uk/hypir/subject-tasters/nuclear-weapons

  Professor Andrew Futter, Associate Professor of International Politics, tells us things we probably didn’t know about nuclear weapons.

• Accessibility statement

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/accessibility

  Read the University of Leicester's statement relating to accessibility.