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• Report suggests public participation should be at the heart of big data projects

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/report-suggests-public-participation-should-be-at-the-heart-of-big-data-projects

  Public participation should be at the heart of big data projects in health care and biomedical research, according to the findings of a new report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

• Diverse range of events taking place at the University of Leicester to celebrate Black History Month 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/28-black-history-month

  Mental health discussions, student-led initiatives and Leicester’s hidden Black history among events marking Black History Month in the UK

• PhD student challenging the scientist stereotype at Soapbox Science event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/phd-student-challenging-the-scientist-stereotype-at-soapbox-science-event

  A Leicester PhD student will be speaking about her involvement in Leicester’s Juno group at an outreach event aimed at increasing the visibility of women in science.

• Law alumnus appointed to Government role

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/law-alumnus-appointed-to-government-role

  A Leicester Law alumnus has been appointed as a Government foreign minister. Dr Addirdeiry Ahmed, who was awarded his PhD in Law by the University of Leicester in 2013, has recently been appointed Foreign Minister of Sudan.

• The Plight of the Mandatory Volunteer Worker

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/06/03/the-plight-of-the-mandatory-volunteer-worker/

  Posted by Vanessa Beck in School of Business Blog on June 3, 2015 Lecturer in Employment Studies at the School, Vanessa Beck , considers the economic implications of the legal expectations placed on the contemporary unemployed The social security and support infrastructure...

• Intimidation, slurs and threats – study uncovers racism in rural England

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/intimidation-slurs-threats-study-racism-rural-england

  A study into racism in rural England has found many minority ethnic individuals and families feel the countryside is an unwelcoming and unsafe place to visit.

• The story of skeletons

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/the-story-of-skeletons

  What links the narwhal’s tusk, ancient trilobites, Richard III (and his drinking habits), tumbleweed, an argonaut, and the outstretched fourth finger of a pterosaur? They are among the cast of characters that feature in a new book by University of Leicester professors Jan...

• New research could have major implications for understanding how bacteria and viruses interact

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/13-prof-clokie-news-reviews-phages-nature

  Prof Clockie Phages News and Reviews Viruses and bacteria|Professor Martha Clokie comments on international research for Nature New research published in Nature could have major implications for our understanding of how bacteria and viruses interact says Professor Martha...

• Colonialism, prison and mental health

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/natural-heritage/colonialism-prisons

  The University of Leicester in partnership with the University of Guyana and the Guyana Prison Service

• Leicester engineering Professor honoured

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-engineering-professor-honoured

  The new Head of the Department of Engineering is one of 50 of the UK’s finest engineers to be elected as new Fellows to the Royal Academy of Engineering on the day of its 40th annual general meeting.