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• Historian helps to develop 54 million National Civil War Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/historian-helps-to-develop-ps5-4-million-national-civil-war-centre

  Dr Andrew Hopper (pictured) from the Centre for English Local History has helped to develop a £5.4 million National Civil War Centre in the East Midlands.

• Study shows large gender imbalance in funding given for cancer research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/study-shows-large-gender-imbalance-in-funding-given-for-cancer-research

  Male researchers receive far greater funding for cancer research than their female equivalents, suggests a study involving University of Leicester research and published in the journal BMJ Open.

• Global COVID-19 study finds higher infection risk was main driver of ethnic inequality

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/covid

  A major new global study has found that higher rates of severe illness and death among ethnic minority groups during the pandemic was largely driven by a greater risk of infection.

• Evidencing the impact of the generic learning outcomes

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/impact-of-generic-learning-outcomes

  Jo Graham was commissioned to uncover evidence of the awareness, use and impact of the Generic Learning Outcomes on the museum sector in the UK.

• Case Study - Axies Digital

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/executive-education-programmes/help-to-grow-management-programme/case-study---axies-digital

  Introduction Axies Digital, based in Leicester, are a digital marketing agency supporting SMEs to get the best results from their marketing through a precise, data-led approach with a particular focus on pay-per-click (PPC), search engine pptimisation (SEO) and social media.

• Study suggests corporations could be destroyed by psychopathic leadership

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/study-suggests-corporations-could-be-destroyed-by-psychopathic-leadership

  According to new research led by the Universities of Leicester and Coventry, investing in companies that have psychopaths in their higher echelons of power could be harmful to your wealth.

• Students discover Leicesters literary secrets on Joe Orton walking tour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/students-discover-leicesters-literary-secrets-on-joe-orton-walking-tour

  This year the University of Leicester has been celebrating the work of Joe Orton. The Leicester-born playwright is one of our city’s most treasured cultural icons and 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of his tragic death.

• Rare chariot fittings from the Iron Age are among fascinating items in brand new exhibition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/burrough-hill-exhibition

  University archaeologist curates an exhibition of finds from Breedon Hill and Burrough Hill, including objects excavated by University of Leicester Archaeological Services

• Insights into visual supersense provided by new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-researcher-gains-new-insights-into-human-visual-abilities

  An experiment originally designed to test the visual abilities of octopuses and cuttlefish has provided researchers with new insights into a human supersense – the ability to perceive the polarisation of light.

• Archaeology and Heritage MA, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/archaeology-and-heritage-ma-dl/2026

  What is the role, value and impact of archaeology in our broader society? How should archaeologists present and communicate the past to the public? How can they design archaeological projects to produce both new knowledge and real impact?