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Expert opinions cover slum tourism the BBC and Brexit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/expert-opinions-cover-slum-tourism-the-bbc-and-brexit
Professor Peter Lunt has written an article discussing how Ofcom may soon regulate the BBC - yet we know it already struggles to treat the public as citizens and not just consumers.
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Diabetes Professors back Jamie Oliver sugar campaign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/diabetes-professors-back-jamie-oliver-sugar-campaign
Two of the country’s leading researchers into Type 2 diabetes have come out in support of Jamie Oliver’s latest health campaign, saying “it’s time to tackle the sugar generation”.
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Leicester geologist leads new book on the forensic application of microfossils
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-geologist-leads-new-book-on-the-forensic-application-of-microfossils
Professor Mark Williams from our Department of Geology has recently published a new book exploring how microfossils can be used to shed light on human history.
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Tor Clark joins BBC Radio Leicester panel on election night
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/12-tor-on-radio
Tor Clark, Associate Professor in Journalism in our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, will be part of the BBC Radio Leicester live election broadcast team tonight.
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Academic to provide expert analysis for BBC on General Election results
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/academic-to-provide-expert-analysis-for-bbc-on-general-election-results
A Leicester academic will be providing expert analysis and commentary during BBC Radio Leicester’s all-night broadcast for the 2017 General Election results on Thursday (8 June).
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Legal drugs: all the pros and none of the cons?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/legal-drugs
Read the article "Legal drugs: all the pros and none of the cons?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Hidden Stories book launch celebrates Leicesters and Glossops Deindustrial Past
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/2018hidden-stories2019-book-launch-celebrates-leicester2019s-and-glossop2019s-de-industrial-past
The AHRC-funded ‘Affective Digital Histories: Recreating De-industrial Places, 1970s to the Present’ project team will present an evening of original poetry and prose tomorrow (Tuesday 31 March) from 6:00pm at Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre, Midland St.
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BBC Radio Leicester: Alberto Fernández Carbajal and Samar Habib interview
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2015/11/26/bbc-radio-leicester-alberto-fernandez-carbajal-and-samar-habib-interview/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on November 26, 2015 On the morning of 25 November 2015, I headed out to the BBC Radio Leicester studio for an interview with Ed Stagg , who hosted me and Dr Samar Habib across the airwaves.
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Leicester scientist lends expertise to new Jack the Ripper book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-scientist-lends-expertise-to-new-jack-the-ripper-book
Bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell is due to release Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert on 28 February, a comprehensive and intriguing exposé of one of the world’s most chilling cases of serial murder—and the police force that failed to solve it.
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MA Museum Studies Placement in Special Collections, Weeks 3-4
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/08/07/ma-museum-studies-placement-in-special-collections-weeks-3-4/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 7, 2018 Guest post from Yineng Zhu, Andrew Permain and Joe Searle, MA Museum Studies students working with the Archives & Special Collections team. Yineng Hello, I’m Yineng Zhu.