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• New research highlights how environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/new-research-highlights-how-environment-plays-key-role-in-changing-movement-behaviour-of-animals

  Researchers from our Department of Mathematics have developed a theory which explains how small animals, such as bats, insects and birds, adjust their movement behaviour based on cues within their environment.

• Student musicians conductor and composer feature in free concert at De Montfort Hall

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/student-musicians-conductor-and-composer-feature-in-free-concert-at-de-montfort-hall

  A free classical morning concert this Saturday 12 March features not only talented student musicians from the University of Leicester but also a student conductor and the premiere of a Leicestershire-themed piece by a student composer, showcasing the range of talent to be...

• Where is the worst place in the UK to be a girl?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/26/where-is-the-worst-place-in-the-uk-to-be-a-girl/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 26, 2016 According to the latest report from Plan UK five indicators were used to rank the 346 local/unitary authorities in England and Wales.

• Universities recognised nationally for pioneering research-to-start up accelerator

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/universities-recognised-research-to-start-up-accelerator

  University of Leicester, De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) and Loughborough University in partnership with Leicester Start-Ups are up for an award for their VentureVersity programme

• Leicester staff celebrate victory for the blues

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-staff-celebrate-victory-for-the-blues

  Not content with showing their true-blue colours in advance of Leicester City Football club’s arguably season-clinching game on Sunday, our staff are celebrating the local football heroes’ confirmed Premier League victory on Monday in a variety of ways.

• Public lecture puts Dickens’ marriage under the spotlight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/11-dickens-lecture

  Charles Dickens’ strained marriage is the subject of a free public lecture presented on Wednesday 20 November 2019 by our Victorian Studies Centre.

• Leicester research informs new Sporting Equals initiative

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-research-informs-new-sporting-equals-initiative

  Research from the University's Department of Sociology has informed Sporting Equals’s latest consumer research which provides valuable insight into the the young Asian Pakistani female market that sport providers can draw upon to make sport more inclusive for this...

• The secret peacemaker: A quiet leader of our time

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/05/24/the-secret-peacemaker-a-quiet-leader-of-our-time/

  Posted by mstein in School of Business Blog on May 24, 2017 Professor Mark Stein of the School of Business mourns the key intermediary between the British government and the IRA with Leicester connections, who has died aged 80.

• The Legacy of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/legacy-of-leicester

  From the discovery of the remains of Richard III to the invention of DNA fingerprinting, browse the extraordinary range of fields to which the University of Leicester has contributed.

• Leicester's cultural 'renaissance' includes Attenborough Arts Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/04-lcc-brochure

  Every city should have an Attenborough Arts Centre. This is the gallery, venue, workshop, and performance space that wears its culture as lightly as the silk parachutes and floor cushions in its experiential sessions.