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• ‘We take sexual violence extremely seriously’: Why should universities care about sexual violence?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2024/03/07/we-take-sexual-violence-extremely-seriously-why-should-universities-care-about-sexual-violence/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on March 7, 2024 Harriet Smailes – Postgraduate Researcher [Content warning: sexual violence – university and local support services: https://reportandsupport.le.ac.

• Leicester scientist lends expertise to new Jack the Ripper book

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-scientist-lends-expertise-to-new-jack-the-ripper-book

  Bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell is due to release Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert on 28 February, a comprehensive and intriguing exposé of one of the world’s most chilling cases of serial murder—and the police force that failed to solve it.

• Genetic switch discovery could help to prevent symptoms of Parkinsons disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/genetic-switch-discovery-could-help-to-prevent-symptoms-of-parkinsons-disease

  A genetic ‘switch’ has been discovered by MRC researchers at our University which could help to prevent or delay the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

• COP30 poems celebrating Planet Earth released by Space Park Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/cop30-poems-celebrating-planet-earth

  Poetry competition sees poets of all ages explore our climate and planet

• University provides opportunity for children to win photograph taken from space

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/university-provides-opportunity-for-children-to-win-photograph-taken-from-space

  Children around the UK are invited to enter a competition organised by the University's National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), the UK’s leading research centre for studying our planet using observations from satellites in space, to win a large photograph of Earth...

• Regulations governing professional Doctorate programmes: External examining for assessed components excluding the Thesis

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-9/sr9-appendix-3/sr9-a3-part-6-external-examining

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• World Digital Preservation Day 2025: Why Preserve?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/11/06/world-digital-preservation-day-2025-why-preserve/

  Posted by vholmes in Library and Learning Services on November 6, 2025 Logo for World Digital Preservation Day 2025 To celebrate World Digital Preservation Day 2025, we are posting about the recent project to identify, take in and preserve material relating to the discovery...

• Media and publications

  https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/cpbe/media-and-publications

  Find out about updates, publications and activities undertaken by the Centre for Palaeobiology and Biosphere Evolution

• Regulations governing Higher Doctorate degree programmes: Thesis submission

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-9/sr9-appendix-2/sr9-a2-part-5-thesis-submission

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• Why public health campaigns and the BMI scale may do more harm than good- claim

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/why-public-health-campaigns-and-the-bmi-scale-may-do-more-harm-than-good-claim

  Dr Oli Williams, Research Associate in the University’s Department of Health Sciences, has recently shared why well-intentioned public health campaigns such as the sugar tax might not have the intended effect, and potentially even exacerbate disparities in health.