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• Migration - coming to Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/learning/migration

  Migration: Coming to Leicester is intended to help students think about the different communities who live in Britain today. The oral history material has been drawn from collections held at the East Midlands Oral History Archive at the University of Leicester.

• 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.

• Leicester team to feature on University Challenge Christmas series

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/university-challenge

  As well as providing the 1963-winning team, the University of Leicester has also seen other firsts: in 1974, Sandya Narayansami became the first Indian woman to compete on the show, her team beating St John’s College, Oxford.

• 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.

• 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.

• Research Projects

  https://le.ac.uk/law/research/research-projects

  Arbitration in the Americas This project, led by Tony Cole, presents a report on arbitration in the Americas supported by the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the Organization of American States. 

• Frank Dudbridge

  https://le.ac.uk/people/frank-dudbridge

  The academic profile of Frank Dudbridge, Professor of Statistical Genetics at University of Leicester

• Leicester researchers analyse consequences of China space weapon test

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/china-fobs

  University of Leicester experts in the military uses of outer space have urged further international dialogue and ‘cool heads’ following flight tests of a new Chinese hypersonic missile system.

• Law lecturer cited in “the most important animal-rights case of the 21st century”

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/elephant-law-case

  University of Leicester legal expert, Dr Joe Wills, has been cited in what The Atlantic described as “the most important animal-rights case of the 21st century”.