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• LGBT Rights Activism at the United Nations and the Geopolitics of Sexuality

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/05/18/lgbt-rights-activism-at-the-united-nations-and-the-geopolitics-of-sexuality/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on May 18, 2023 By Calogero Giametta Lecturer in Criminology LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) rights are divisive and prone to instrumentalisation, nationally and globally.

• Leicester ranked a top 3 UK progressive city

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/top-3-city

  Leicester has been named the UK’s third most progressive city for social and environmental issues, which is great news for the University of Leicester’s students and staff.

• University at Cheltenham Science Festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/university-at-cheltenham-science-festival

  The Department of Physics and Astronomy, in conjunction with the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), is exhibiting at the Cheltenham Science Festival this week from 7 to 12 June 2016.

• New insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant revealed in BBC One documentary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant-revealed-in-bbc-one-documentary

  New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in a BBC One documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough and featuring a University of Leicester...

• Ground-breaking lawyer joins University Law Society as president

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/luls-president

  Leicester University Law Society has announced that I. Stephanie Boyce will act as its president for the next academic year, starting in October 2022.

• Entrepreneurs, Leicester City universities, City Council and LLEP Join Forces to Nurture Start-up and Co-working in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/26-leicester-startup-week

  People watching a presentation 1800|Plans for collaborative co-working space to be launched at inaugural Leicester Start-up Week commencing 26 November.

• Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903-1966)

  https://le.ac.uk/evelyn-waugh/about/evelyn-waugh-biography

  Read the biography of Evelyn Waugh, one of the twentieth century's most diverse and prolific writers. Find out more about the life of Evelyn Waugh and the complete works project at the University of Leicester.

• Professor Bunce on the BBC Life Scientific

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/06/09/professor-bunce-on-the-bbc-life-scientific/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 9 June 2020 Professor Emma Bunce spoke to Jim al-Khalili about her fascination with the gas giants for the BBC’s Life Scientific on Radio 4.

• Artwork showcases childrens cancer journeys

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/artwork-showcases-childrens-cancer-journeys

  A University-based children’s cancer charity is staging a public exhibition of artworks by those affected by the disease.

• The Story of Pulque, Part 1

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/03/10/the-story-of-pulque-part-1/

  Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on March 10, 2015 In the 17th century, the Mexican historian Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl recorded a pre-Columbian legend about the origins of pulque.