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• Children’s Voices in Law in Children’s Lives

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/licl/2015/01/06/childrens-voices-in-law-in-childrens-lives/

  Posted by ekirk in Law in Children's Lives on January 6, 2015 School children. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The 20th November 2014 was the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) by the UN General Assembly.

• Archaeologists recover Iron Age pottery at site in Welford

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/archaeologists-recover-iron-age-pottery-at-site-in-welford

  University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) has carried out an archaeological excavation of an Iron Age settlement at Newlands Road in Welford, Northants on behalf of Mears New Homes.

• A garden fit for a king

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/a-garden-fit-for-a-king

  The University’s Special Collections houses an exceptional collection of rare books and prints from the 17th century, which throws light on the life of diarist and writer John Evelyn, who documented major events during his lifetime – including the last major epidemic of the...

• University of Leicester running free event on how war affects education

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-free-event-war-affects-education

  University of Sanctuary logo|Syrian professors provide first-hand account of teaching in war-torn country. People are invited to attend a free event at the University of Leicester to hear first-hand how war can affect education.

• Royal Commission Industrial Fellowship awarded to researcher

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/royal-commission-1851

  A PhD researcher at the University of Leicester has been awarded a prestigious Industrial Fellowship by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to develop solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges.

• New strategic partnership to explore four-dimensional first order controls on nickel mineral systems

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/bhp-ev-metals

  The project and partnership with BHP has developed directly from recent work by the Leicester-UWA group that has shed new light on the processes involved in the sources and transport mechanisms of metals through the lithosphere in magmatic systems, published in Nature...

• Former Finnish Prime Minister discusses Erasmus experience at our University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/former-finnish-prime-minister-discusses-erasmus-experience-at-our-university

  In a new video, Jyrki Katainen, the European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, has discussed his Erasmus experience at our University and what impact the programme had on his professional career.

• FearLeics Varsity champions to defend unbeaten record

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/fearleics-varsity-champions-to-defend-unbeaten-record

  The sporting stage is set for a trial of skill, teamwork, determination and prowess.

• Common childhood eye disorder is best treated by patching earlier, new study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/lazy-eye

  Most children with a ‘lazy eye’ benefit from earlier patching, new research by University of Leicester experts show

• 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).