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• Centre for Hate Studies secures record grant for student harassment research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/hate-studies

  A major study that will examine harassment against university students in England has secured a record amount of funding for the University of Leicester’s College of Social Science, Arts and Humanities.

• Science Minister praises Leicesters leading position in space science and pledges to visit University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/science-minister-praises-leicesters-leading-position-in-space-science-and-pledges-to-visit-university

  The Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Sam Gyimah, has spoken of ‘Leicester’s leading position in space research and science research’ and pledged to visit the University during a debate on Space Policy in the House of Commons.

• Prabhleen sets her sights on breaking down language barriers for Leicester’s new mums

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/nhs-midwifery

  As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service, here we take a look at a story from Prabhleen Mann, who qualified in 2022 as a midwife from the University of Leicester.

• Launch of study into Northern Ireland social exclusion and sport

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/launch-of-study-into-northern-ireland-social-exclusion-and-sport

  Almost 90 per cent of people in Northern Ireland believe that sport is a good way to break down barriers between Protestants and Catholics.

• About the project

  https://le.ac.uk/grassroutes/about

  Grassroutes supports the efforts of independent publishers and literature development agencies to inspire public engagement with the diverse writing cultures of multi-racial Britain.

• University pays tribute following Leicester City Football Club tragedy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/29-lcfc

  Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, receiving his honorary degree in January 2016 25|Staff and students at the University of Leicester are in shock following the tragic incident at the King Power Stadium on Saturday evening, which claimed the lives of 5 people.

• Year in industry with Deutsche Bank sets student Cybill Smith up for a career at Barclays

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/year-in-industry-with-deutsche-bank-sets-student-cybill-smith-up-for-a-career-at-barclays

  One of this week’s graduating students has expressed how pausing academic study, to spend a year working for Deutsche Bank, was an invaluable experience in terms of developing her professional skills and preparing her for the next step in her career.

• National education leader joins University of Leicester’s governing body

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/mary-curnock-cook

  A leading national figure in Higher Education has joined the University of Leicester’s governing body to help it shape its future direction.

• 50 years of credit cards

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/04/50-years-of-credit-cards/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2016 Its 50 years since people started using credit cards in the UK with the issue of the first Barclaycards. The BBC has a fascinating social history feature.

• After Hitler: Society, Culture and The Politics of The Nazi Past in The Two Germanies, 1945-1990

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs3771

  Module code: HS3771 In the years after 1945, Germans faced the task of rebuilding their society, and crafting a political model repudiating the recent Nazi dictatorship, in a context of defeat, disgrace and hardship.