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Where is the help for victims of hate?
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/hate-crime
Improving policy and practice by leading research into what lies behind the official hate crime figures.
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Goal 5: Gender Equality
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/gender-equality
The fifth Sustainable Development Goal is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
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Supporting individuals to speak out
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-projects/speaking-out
A summary of MedRACE projects that support students to speak out about inequalities and issues of inclusion, racism or discrimination.
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Leicester to become first UK city to join global initiative against urban diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-to-become-first-uk-city-to-join-global-initiative-against-urban-diabetes
Leicester will join the likes of Copenhagen, Mexico City, Rome and Shanghai in becoming part of the Cities Changing Diabetes programme to tackle the dramatic rise of type 2 diabetes in urban areas.
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Growing the social role of botanic gardens
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/growing-social-role-of-botanic-gardens
Growing the Social Role stress tests the prevailing organisational cultures and structures of UK botanic gardens to see if they are fit for purpose for the 21st century.
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OASCIV: Making Oasis Civilisation in the Moroccan Sahara
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/diverse-heritage/oasis-civilisation
OASCIV: Making Oasis Civilisation in the Moroccan Sahara project, team members and select publications
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Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received a £4 million boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/kidney-donation
The Stoneygate Trust and the University of Leicester are providing significant funding to turbocharge a number of key kidney research initiatives by renal experts
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University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies Finalist at Royal Television Society Awards 2024
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/harms-of-hate
The University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies was a finalist at the 2024 RTS Awards.
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Businesses invited to unlock potential of neurodiverse talent
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/employ-autism
The University of Leicester is encouraging local businesses and organisations to help unlock the potential of autistic students and graduates.
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Weight loss drug hope for patients with type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/weight-loss-drug-hope
Patients with type 2 diabetes that were treated with a weekly injection of the breakthrough drug Semaglutide were able to achieve an average weight loss of nearly 10kg, according to a new study published in The Lancet today.