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Facts about snakebite deaths
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/areas/join-the-fight/facts-about-snakebite-deaths
Facts about snakebite deaths in India According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (2023), about 5.4 million snakebites occur each year, resulting in 1.8 to 2.7 million cases of envenoming.
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Festival event turns spotlight on Diversity in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/festival-event-turns-spotlight-on-diversity-in-leicester
A range of influential speakers will present their views on what diversity and multiculturalism mean to the city of Leicester in an upcoming event for the 2017 Leicester Human Rights Arts and Film Festival.
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Inclusivity in sport award nomination for our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/inclusivity-in-sport-award-nomination-for-our-university
Our University has been nominated for a national award for its efforts to make sport more inclusive for all. The University’s Sport & Active Life Service is shortlisted in the British University & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Awards.
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Armed patrols in Leicester join the debate about policing in our city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/armed-patrols-in-leicester-join-the-debate-about-policing-in-our-city
Leicestershire police chief Simon Cole is to talk at a public event on 23 March about the force’s recent deployment of armed patrols in crowded places and whether this is a sign of things to come for people in Leicester.
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Peer review
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/about/journals/museum-society/peer-review
Museum and Society follows a double-blind peer review process. Each submission is assigned by the Production Editor to a member of the Editorial Board.
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University of Leicester appoints Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Professional Services)
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/dvc-professional-services
The University of Leicester has appointed a new Deputy Vice-Chancellor to lead the Professional Services teams at the University.
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UCEA announces Professor Nishan Canagarajah as new chair
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/ucea-announces-professor-nishan-canagarajah-chair
University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has been appointed chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA).
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Pre-school activities
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/pre-school
Please also see the Events page. Wildlings Tots Forest School activities for pre-schoolers at the Attenborough Arboretum. Sessions Weekly on Mondays during school term-time from 24 February 2025 Contact Rachel Ibbotson (info@wildlings-education.co.uk).
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Cast of ancient skull of Bede the Father of English history rediscovered
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/cast-of-ancient-skull-of-bede-the-father-of-english-history-rediscovered
A cast of the skull of Bede – the ‘Father of English History’ – has been rediscovered by Professor Jo Story from the School of History within the anatomical collections of the Duckworth Laboratory in the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies (LCHES) at the...
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International conference tackles womens sexual and reproductive health during humanitarian crisis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/international-conference-tackles-womens-sexual-and-reproductive-health-during-humanitarian-crisis
A Leicester academic has represented her research on sexual and reproductive health protection for women at an international event in New Delhi attended by 4,000 participants and inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.