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  • Difficult Conversations

    University of Leicester marks its centenary with a series of thought-provoking and informative talks by academics and guest speakers.

  • International Womens Day universities must work together to tackle inequality

    This week we are celebrating International Women’s Day 2017, with universities across the world hosting events.

  • Economics professor discusses research into what makes people vote in elections

    Professor Eyal Winter from the School of Business has been featured in a ScienceNews article discussing how voter turnout increases when polling numbers are close. Research conducted by Professor Winter and colleagues in 2006 looked at U.S. gubernatorial races from 1990 to 2005.

  • Leicester fosters future biomedical research talent

    The University is making a substantial investment into a critical mass of future biomedical research talent by announcing 27 new PhD studentships that will tackle some of the world’s most pressing and bioscience health issues.

  • Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion Team helps on farm, adopts sheep

    For their team away day this week, the University’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Team volunteered at Gorse Hill City Farm.

  • Expert comment Has the Olympic Games caught up with the modern world

    Despite greater representation of women in the Rio Olympics than in previous years, anachronisms and gender divisions still remain, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.

  • The sting of the bling

    Experts Professor Gawen Jenkin and Dr Dan Smith explain the importance of pursuing sustainable methods of metal extraction in order to tackle climate change.

  • Leicester maths graduates awarded fellowships with National Institute for Health and Care Research

    Two University of Leicester graduates have been awarded fellowships with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Rahma Said and Mahfuza Anisa both studied BSc Mathematics and graduated at De Montfort Hall last month.

  • Halloween event on campus promotes food waste reduction

    Students and staff learned about recycling and how to minimise wastage at a Halloween event on campus last week. Our Social Impact Team organised the Pumpkin Rescue event to show that hollowing out a Halloween pumpkin doesn’t have to involve throwing away perfectly good food.

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    The first step to reducing our negative impact on the environment is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions from the outset.

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