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• Victorian Studies Centre marks 50th anniversary with convivial evening celebrating the works of Charles Dickens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/victorian-studies-centre-marks-50th-anniversary-with-convivial-evening-celebrating-the-works-of-charles-dickens

  The University of Leicester’s Victorian Studies Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a convivial Dickensian evening on 22 November, which will see an international team of academics speak on the life and works of author Charles Dickens.

• Effectiveness of ‘smart’ inhalers in preventing COPD flare ups is focus of new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/copd

  A new study that will monitor patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from the comfort of their own homes, using inhalers with digital sensors and a mobile app, has signed up 42 patients.

• ‘Permissible Beauty’ – New immersive installation at Hampton Court Palace will explore changing notions of beauty through history

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/permissible-beauty

  Why are some forms of beauty more permissible, more highly valued, than others? A new immersive installation at Hampton Court Palace will bring past and present together to explore this question and to celebrate a new chapter of British Beauty for the 21st century.

• South Africas Foreign Policy All Things to All States

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/south-africas-foreign-policy-all-things-to-all-states

  A University of Leicester lecturer has shared his expertise of South Africa with leading thinkers and policy makers at a Chatham House event in London.

• Academic co-curates special exhibition on Joe Orton

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/academic-co-curates-special-exhibition-on-joe-orton

  The National Justice Museum has launched its first-ever crowdfunding campaign to celebrate the work of Leicester playwright, Joe Orton.

• Leicester staff member to appear on Sky's Portrait Artist of the Year 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/25-sky-portrait-artist-of-the-year-megan-mcmullan

  04GBRu357rQ|University of Leicester’s Megan McMullan will make her TV debut competing against other amateur artists on Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2019. University of Leicester Porter Megan McMullan will feature on Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2019.

• East Derbyshire Election, 1868

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/05/07/east-derbyshire-election-1868/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 7, 2015 Our look back at past elections in Special Collections is rounded off today with a gallery of from an impressive volume of East Derbyshire Election Cartoons, 1868 .

• University of Leicester scores Silver for sustainability

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/sustainability-award

  EcoCampus has awarded the University a Silver certificate for its sustainability efforts

• Upriver to Mazaruni Prison (Guyana)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/04/04/upriver-to-mazaruni-prison-guyana/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on April 4, 2017   One of the wonderful things about ‘blue skies’ research is the element of surprise that it can throw up.

• A hilarious line-up at Attenborough Arts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/a-hilarious-line-up-at-attenborough-arts

  The University of Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre will take part in Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival this February; hosting twelve new shows by local favourites and new emerging comedians.