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• Protesting against the Vietnam War in October 1965

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/05/protesting-against-the-vietnam-war-in-october-1965/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 5, 2015 Fifty years ago, in October 1965, mass demonstrations against the Vietnam War took place in the US and pacifist David J.

• Leicester space scientist receives prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/stfc-fellowship

  A space scientist from the University of Leicester has been identified as a science leader of the future by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

• Local democracy in peril, warns Leicester academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/local-democracy

  The threat to local democracy in the UK is the subject of a video interview with a University of Leicester academic on a top UK politics website. Tor Clark, a former newspaper editor and political journalist and now Associate Professor in Journalism, was interviewed by Politics.

• Learning Outcomes Project: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 2

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/page/2/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• “We are here to listen, learn and serve” – Dr Vijay Sharma on building a truly civic university 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/vijay-blog

  At the heart of the University of Leicester’s civic mission is Dr Vijay Sharma, our Pro-Chancellor for Community Engagement – a role that’s as visionary as it is vital.

• Public lecture to mark the 350th anniversary of John Miltons epic Paradise Lost

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/public-lecture-to-mark-the-350th-anniversary-of-john-milton2019s-epic-paradise-lost

  An upcoming public lecture will mark and celebrate the 350th anniversary of John Milton’s epic Paradise Lost. Delivered by Professor Karen Edwards (Exeter) on 20 October from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm in the Library of Birmingham, the lecture is entitled ‘Slow Love in Paradise Lost‘.

• 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.

• 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.

• The Habitable City

  https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/research/the-habitable-city

  The University of Leicester's Leverhulme Trust Research Grant for the Habitable City project.

• The Habitable City

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-habitable-city

  British Academy Grant (£29,680) October 2012 - September 2015 Dr Toby Lincoln With fifty percent of China’s population living in cities, the world’s most populous nation is now its newest urban society.