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• Leicester Ageing Together Learning event: BAME older people flourishing

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/22-leicester-ageing-together-learning-event-bame-older-people-flourishing

  Leicester ageing together logo|University of Leicester co-organised event to focus on overcoming loneliness among BAME older people in the community.

• Spark Festival lights up school holidays at Attenborough Arts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/spark-festival-lights-up-school-holidays-at-attenborough-arts

  Come along to Leicester’s favourite children’s festival between Monday 23 May – Saturday 4 June.

• Hidden histories revealed at Bradgate Park

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/hidden-histories-revealed-at-bradgate-park

  In just the first two weeks of a five-year archaeological project at Bradgate Park, a team of students and staff from the University have unearthed thousands of years of history.

• History and Security Sector Reform: Crime and Punishment in British Colonial Guyana, 1814-1966

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/history-and-security-sector-reform

  Over the past two years there has been a general shift in models of incarceration in the former British colony of Guyana, from punishment (punitive measures) to correction and rehabilitation (via training and education).

• The art of scientific glassblowing

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/the-art-of-scientific-glassblowing

  Gayle Price, our talented glassblower, has been interviewed by the Wellcome Collection about the art of glassblowing and ways in which art and science connect in interesting ways.

• Research grant for study into nuclear weapons and cyber warfare

  https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/research-grant-for-study-into-nuclear-weapons-and-cyber-warfare

  Research will look into whether today’s nuclear weapons are safe from computer hacking, taking pace at The University of Leicester.

• 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.

• The Anthropocene Leicester scientists respond to criticisms of new geological epoch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/the-anthropocene-leicester-scientists-respond-to-criticisms-of-new-geological-epoch

  A team of academics from our University has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene.

• Watch speeches for Attenborough Arts gallery opening in full

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/watch-speeches-for-attenborough-arts-gallery-opening-in-full

  You can now watch the full speeches from the opening of Attenborough Arts’ new galleries wing, given by the centre Director Michaela Butter, President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle and Sir David Attenborough. Sir David officially opened the new £1.

• Expert opinions cover The Meg, hothouse Earth, Space Force, Nairobi, AI doctors and sex work

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/expert-opinions-cover-the-meg-hothouse-earth-space-force-nairobi-and-ai-doctors

  Expert opinions cover The Meg, hothouse Earth, Space Force, Nairobi, AI doctors and sex work Expert opinions cover The Meg, hothouse Earth, Space Force, Nairobi, AI doctors and sex work 100|The Conversation and Think: Leicester talking points: a range of topical issues...