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• Overcoming Challenges in Strangulation Research

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2024/01/30/overcoming-challenges-in-strangulation-research/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on January 30, 2024 Harriet Smailes PhD Student Undertaking research in the area of strangulation is vital to better understanding the nature and extent of these acts.

• May Book Group: Vile Bodies – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/27/may-book-group-vile-bodies-2/

  Summary of the May meeting of the Evelyn Waugh Book Group discussing Vile Bodies

• Research seminar: 'Talking Transformations: poetry, art, and translational migrations'

  https://le.ac.uk/translation-interpreting-studies/events/talking-transformations

  Find out about our research seminar: 'Talking Transformations: poetry, art, and translational migrations', with guest speaker Dr Manuela Perteghella.

• University joins local organisations in marking Holocaust Memorial Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/university-joins-local-organisations-in-marking-holocaust-memorial-day

  The millions of people killed in the Holocaust and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur will be remembered at an event at the University of Leicester on 28 January for Holocaust Memorial Day.

• County charity launches fund-raising yo-yo challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/county-charity-launches-fund-raising-yo-yo-challenge

  Charity Hope Against Cancer, which works in partnership with our University and Leicester's Hospitals, is hoping to raise money for cancer research as part of its Bold & Blue event - by holding a sponsored yo-yo competition.

• Schools are key to raising aspirations for next generation of doctors

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/schools-are-key-to-raising-aspirations-for-next-generation-of-doctors

  Teachers and careers advisers are key to improving access to the medical profession for young people in some of the country’s most socially disadvantaged areas – but universities must reach out to give them the support that they need, says the new Head of our Medical School.

• Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics 16 April

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-this-week

  Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has contributed an article to The Conversation looking into research by NSPCC Childline suggesting that in a poll of nearly 700 12 to 13-year-olds in the UK, one in five had viewed pornographic images...

• University of Leicester running free event on how war affects education

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-free-event-war-affects-education

  University of Sanctuary logo|Syrian professors provide first-hand account of teaching in war-torn country. People are invited to attend a free event at the University of Leicester to hear first-hand how war can affect education.

• Bloomberg: Tracking Emerging-Market Holdings of U.S. Debt

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/24/bloomberg-tracking-emerging-market-holdings-of-u-s-debt/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2013 Portfolio outflows from emerging markets sparked a sell-off in currencies from India’s rupee to Brazil’s real.

• Suggested research topics

  https://le.ac.uk/english/study/research-degrees/application-process/research-topics

  Take a look at the suggestions for PhD projects that staff in English at the University of Leicester would be interested in supervising.