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• Motor Cities

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/motor-cities

  Leverhulme Research Project Grant (£154,757) October 2011-September 2014 Professor Simon Gunn and Dr Susan Townsend (University of Nottingham) In the last half century the automobile has transformed life in cities across much of the globe, offering unprecedented freedom...

• School of Criminology launches new podcast to tackle hate crime

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/hidden-hate-podcast

  A new podcast series created by the University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies takes a deep dive into the causes behind hate online and offline and how they can be tackled.

• Risk calculator helps GPs predict which kidney disease patients need hospital care

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/08-kidney-study

  A new study has discovered a way to help GPs predict which people with kidney disease are more likely to go on to develop kidney failure and need dialysis or a kidney transplant in the future.

• The sting of the bling

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/sustainable-metal-extraction

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

• 15m contemporary art gallery launch announced

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/ps1-5m-contemporary-art-gallery-launch-announced

  The University has begun work to create one of the largest dedicated contemporary gallery spaces in the East Midlands, due to be completed in Autumn 2015. Work began on Monday 5 January at the Richard Attenborough Centre for the £1.5 million new gallery and courtyard.

• Obituary: Sir Michael Atiyah

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/14-obituary-sir-michael-atiyah

  Sir Michael Atiyah, who was widely regarded as Britain’s greatest mathematician, has died aged 89. Sir Michael was Chancellor of the University of Leicester between 1995 and 2005.

• Events

  https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events

  Upcoming and past events from the School of Arts, Media and Communication

• Heresy and Orthodoxy in the works of Bede

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/heresy-and-orthodoxy-in-the-works-of-bede

  British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship (£224,198) September 2010 - August 2013 Dr Peter Darby Dr Peter Darby has been awarded a three-year British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship to carry out a research project ‘Heresy and Orthodoxy in the Works of Bede’. Bede (c.

• Political Cartoons in the Classroom: The ‘Simple View of Reading’ Approach

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/03/02/political-cartoons-in-the-classroom-the-simple-view-of-reading-approach/

  Blog on reading political cartoons in the classroom

• Research initiative to explore how media can help romance blossom in post-disaster environments

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/research-initiative-to-explore-how-media-can-help-romance-blossom-in-post-disaster-environments

  Media Cultures, a new research initiative that explores the role of the media in our shared cultural lives, will hold its official launch at a free public event on Thursday 16 June between 4.00-6.30pm at Bankfield House.