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Leicester academic appointed to first ever Government LGBT Advisory Panel
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 LGBT Advisory Panel by Penny Mordaunt, the Minister for Women and Equalities.
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Economic inequality is not “bad for everyone”, new research shows – wealthier people derive happiness benefits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/economic-inequality-wealth-people-happiness
Increases in economic inequality raise the life satisfaction of wealthier people, while lowering the life satisfaction of people who earn less, newly published research shows.
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Leicester researcher scoops early career award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/dorothy-bishop-prize-researchers-leicester
Research Associate Dr Michael Biddle from the University of Leicester has been awarded an early career award for his work.
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Unexpected Encounters: How museums nurture living and ageing well
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/research/case-studies/unexpected-encounters
Read more about ideas relating to contemporary isolation and loneliness - a research project led by the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries.
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Antimicrobial therapy can prevent sepsis in pneumonia patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/antimicrobial-therapy-can-prevent-sepsis-in-pneumonia-patients
Antimicrobial therapy targeting specific cells in the immune system could prevent sepsis and life-threatening disease in people suffering from pneumonia, new research led by Leicester has shown.
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Funding for new research centre to investigate effect of environmental exposures on health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-nihr-funding
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has granted a £1 million development award to the University of Leicester to create a new pioneering national research centre to investigate the effect of environmental exposures on health.
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Speaker biographies
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/medical-schools-uk-edi-meeting/speaker-biographies
Keynote address: Equality and Equity: reflections on language, assumptions and actions Professor Nisreen Alwan Professor Nisreen Alwan is a Professor of Public Health at the University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant in Public Health at University Hospital...
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First Carceral Archipelago Panel – University of Leicester – Staffblogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/06/11/first-carceral-archipelago-panel/
Blog about the first Carceral Archipelago panel in which postgradutes presented on convicts in Western Australia, Sakhalin, Rottnest and Cockatoo Islands- University of Leicester, staffblogs
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University videos of ceremony for Richard III
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/university-video-of-ceremony-for-richard-iii
The video of the ceremony on Sunday 22 March where the mortal remains of Richard III left the University can be watched below: You can also watch a time-lapse video that captures the event in its entirety, including the arrival of the media and members of the public, the...
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Withdrawing from your studies
https://le.ac.uk/policies/fees-funding/leaving/withdrawing
Sponsored or part sponsored students If you permanently withdraw from your studies and you have received part funding for tuition fees from a third party or the University, this funding will be applied to the full academic year or normal period of registration when...