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  • University of Leicester marks anniversary of arrival of Ugandan Asians

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/uganda-lecture

    University of Leicester will host a public lecture to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Ugandan Asians to the city. The lecture, Migration and the making of Leicester will take place on Thursday, 15 September at 6.

  • New heart attack genes discovered

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-heart-attack-genes-discovered

    Scientists have discovered two new genes which are associated with a person’s risk of coronary heart disease in an international collaboration involving BHF and NIHR-funded researchers. The findings could lead to new statin-like treatments to prevent heart attacks.

  • New community counting materials for children launched

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/new-community-counting-materials-for-children-launched

    Maths materials featuring local schoolchildren, adults and celebrities will be launched at an event at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 4 July.

  • Journeys festival makes a stop off at Attenborough Arts Centre

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/journeys-festival-makes-a-stop-at-attenborough-arts-centre

    The Attenborough Arts Centre is hosting an event as part of the ArtReach's 'Journeys' festival, which celebrates the artistic talents of refugee and asylum seeker artists, sharing refugee stories through great art and culture.

  • Leicester academic co-authors new book on young people and the anti-apartheid protest

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-co-authors-new-book-on-young-people-and-the-anti-apartheid-protest

    Dr Gavin Brown, Associate Professor in Human Geography, has co-written a book about young people's involvement with the anti-apartheid movement.

  • School of Business Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 7

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/page/7/

    Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  • The White Boffin's Burden

    https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/commissions/white-boffin-burden

    Find out more about the Centre for New Writing's commissioned piece which looks into the perceptions of academics and research in ODA (official development assistance) countries vs academics and research in Britain.

  • Director appointed to lead new Institute for Policy

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/institute-policy

    The University of Leicester has appointed Professor Neil Chakraborti as the founding Director of the new Institute for Policy at Leicester which will officially launch in early 2024.

  • TEDxLeicester to take satellite technology one step beyond

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/tedxleicester-to-take-satellite-technology-2018one-step-beyond2019

    Some of the innovative and cutting-edge applications that satellite technology and its data are being put to will be explored in a TEDxLeicester event in partnership with the University of Leicester and the National Space Centre.

  • Olive Banks (1923-2006)

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/olive-banks

    “Any attempt to raise feminist arguments was met with indifference if not outright hostility, and the paucity of women academics in general increased my feeling of isolation.

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