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Leicester Peace Talks: Public lecture on post-WW2 migration experiences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-postww2-immigration
A public lecture at the University of Leicester on 6 November will explore how Government policies around immigration from the Caribbean have affected individuals.
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Fantastic Beasts and Where I Found Them
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-fantastic-beasts-and-where-i-found-them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them An elephant swimming in the water|Join us for the first in a revamped series of Professorial Inaugural Lectures as Professor Richard Thomas discusses his research into human-animal relationships.
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Study suggests human impact has created a plastic planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-human-impact-has-created-a-2018plastic-planet2019
Planet Earth’s oceans and lands will be buried by increasing layers of plastic waste by the mid-century due to human activity, according to research led by researchers from the Department of Geology.
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Research suggests fraud blindness is rampant in business and organisations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/research-suggests-fraud-blindness-is-rampant-in-business-and-organisations
A collaboration between our University and experienced fraud investigators has resulted in research which could provide a breakthrough.
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Award-winning University of Leicester film Harms of Hate revisited a decade on
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/harms-of-hate
University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies will revisit its award-winning short film The Harms of Hate, a decade on.
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CancerStories project recruiting young people with cancer across the East Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/cancerstories-project-recruiting-young-people-with-cancer-across-the-east-midlands
An innovative project spearheaded by Professor Alex Mitchell from the Department of Cancer Studies is looking to recruit young people with cancer to share their stories via online video diaries.
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Academic presents research on silence in Japans second language classrooms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-presents-research-on-silence-in-japan2019s-second-language-classrooms
Dr Jim King from the School of Arts has recently presented research in London to an audience of Japan experts and educationalists into why Japanese students are often reluctant to speak in a second language in classes in Japan.
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Leicester researcher building bridges between industry and academia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-academic-building-bridges-between-industry-and-academia
As part of a collaboration between Professor Simon Wagner from our Department of Cancer Studies and GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK’s) Discovery Partnerships with Academia (DPAc) in Stevenage UK, Dr Ana Sousa Manso (Research Associate from Leicester Drug Discovery & Diagnostics,...
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Beautiful 19th century images of Egyptian monuments shed light on rediscovery of Ancient Egypt
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/beautiful-19th-century-images-of-egyptian-monuments-shed-light-on-rediscovery-of-ancient-egypt
The rediscovery of Ancient Egyptian monuments, temples and tombs during the 19th century by pioneering adventurers will be charted as part of a new exhibition running at our University until 12 November.
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Protests against Trump in Britain may well signal the beginning of a new wave of AntiBrexit mobilisation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/201cprotests-against-trump-in-britain-may-well-signal-the-beginning-of-a-new-wave-of-anti-brexit-mobilisation201d
Dr Fabian Frenzel (pictured), from the University of Leicester’s School of Business, has suggested that the recent protests against President Trump’s travel ban, seen across the UK, could signal a new wave of Anti-Brexit mobilisation.