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• Zanzibar’s Prison Island: The Prison That Never Was, by Sarah Longair

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/10/23/zanzibars-prison-island-the-prison-that-never-was-by-sarah-longair/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 23, 2014 My initial research on peculiar history of Zanzibar’s so-called Prison Island as part of the Carceral Archipelago project began last year delving into the records in the National Archives and the...

• University involved in international food crop study to address Global Challenges

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/university-involved-in-international-food-crop-study-to-address-global-challenges

  Efforts to improve sustainable crop development are being spearheaded by a collaboration between the University of Leicester, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the University of Addis Ababa.

• Open House

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/open-house

  Open House The difference made through working together

• Africa’s forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/africa-forests-absorbing-emitting-carbon

  Analysis led by University of Leicester shows the African continent lost approximately 106 billion kilograms of forest biomass per year between 2010 and 2017

• Children exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in womb or as newborns may face increased social and respiratory problems, new study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/covid-children

  University of Leicester researcher contributes to study on SARS-CoV-2 exposure during pregnancy and impact on child development and respiratory health

• Research

  https://le.ac.uk/law/research

  Leicester Law School is a research-led department committed to producing the highest quality of scholarship while recognising the important relationship between excellence in research and in teaching. Find out more about the research undertaken by the School.

• Daring Deeds of Valour

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2016/02/09/daring-deeds-of-valour/

  Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on February 9, 2016 Daring Deeds of Valour By Dr Rachel Bates, University of Leicester The 29 January 2016 marks the 160 th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, a key legacy of the Crimean War (1854-56).

• Study suggests Mobile Scan and Pay Technology could promote supermarket theft

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-suggests-mobile-scan-and-pay-technology-could-promote-supermarket-theft

  Allowing customers to scan products and pay for them using their own mobile phones or iPads is becoming an increasingly common sight in retail outlets.

• Inclusion and Special Educational Needs: Specialist Study

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/ed7599

  Module code: ED7599 This pathway offers students the opportunity to explore the education of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Inclusive Education (IE) in relation to national and international debates and priorities.

• Film and Art: Academic Study and the Workplace

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/ha1115

  Module code: HA1115 This inter-disciplinary module is taught with the Attenborough Arts Centre, the Career Development Service and the Leicester Learning Institute. It allows you to explore how you might make use of your degree.