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• Students prepare for epic five-day Shakespeare Marathon

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/students-prepare-for-epic-five-day-shakespeare-marathon

  This spring marked the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616 and in commemoration, Leicester University Theatre (LUT) is taking on the challenge of performing the complete works of Shakespeare back-to-back, 24 hours a day from Monday 13 – Friday 17 June.

• Political journalism expert explains miners’ strike significance on BBC show

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/miners-strike

  A 35-year career in political journalism led to a University of Leicester academic being called on to explain the significance of the 1984-5 miners’ strike to BBC radio listeners.

• Elite rugby event aims to keep premier league players at the top of their game

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/rugby-conference

  A special conference organised by the University of Leicester’s Physical Activity and Rehabilitation Group, has sought to address the types of injuries professional sportspeople experience throughout their career and the care needed to keep them on the pitch.

• About the Project

  https://le.ac.uk/crime-representation-anglophone-caribbean/about-the-project

  The project addresses the complex problem of crime in Anglophone Caribbean societies from various disciplinary perspectives. Its aim is to develop our understanding of the historical, cultural, political and socioeconomic contexts of crime in the region.

• Leicestershire employers learn best practice at environmental pollution event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/mattioli-woods

  Leicestershire industry and business leaders learnt about the increasing danger of everyday atmospheric pollution at a University of Leicester event.

• Regular exercisers should be reassured by results of heart study, experts claim

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/heart-study

  A study by University of Leicester researchers, investigating the belief that too much exercise can be bad for the heart has found that the heart’s structure and function does adapt to high levels of habitual physical activity but these changes stay within normal ranges

• Film screening to explore post-prison lives of wrongly convicted individuals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/film-screening-to-explore-post-prison-lives-of-wrongly-convicted-individuals

  For its inaugural screening Reel Law, Leicester Law School’s film club, is holding a free public screening of BBC documentary ‘Fallout’ and a panel discussion with the film’s director and two of the featured exonerated prisoners.

• Student radio host a 69 hour broadcast for charity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/student-radio-host-a-69-hour-broadcast-for-charity

  The University’s student radio LUSH has undertaken an extensive 69-hour radio broadcast over the last weekend in February in aid of Sport Relief.

• Annual lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/annual-lecture

  Find out more about our latest annual public lecture, hosted by the Centre for Victorian Studies at the University of Leicester

• Getting the measure of Mars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/getting-the-measure-of-mars

  The research of Dr Ian Hutchinson from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been mentioned in an article for Chemistry World which explores the potential hospitability of Mars.