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Politicians and media fuel hate crime in Britain say experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/2018politicians-and-media-fuel-hate-crime-in-britain-2019-say-experts
Professor Neil Chakraborti and Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, from our Centre for Hate Studies, say the ‘toxic climate’ surrounding the EU referendum debate has helped to ‘embolden’ people to target those they regard as ‘different’ or ‘foreign’.
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University developments shortlisted among region’s best new buildings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/procon-finalists
The Percy Gee Building – first opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 1958, shortly after the University was granted its Royal Charter – has been extended with a new four-storey, 3,000 square metre East Wing.
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Silence at the University of Tokyo
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/silence-at-the-university-of-tokyo
Dr Jim King from the School of Education will be giving a talk to the Tokyo Discourse Group at the University of Tokyo’s Hongo Campus from 18.30 to 20.00 on Thursday 21 April.
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Women’s history month: 2 padlets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/womens-history-month-padlets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 2 padlets for Women’s History Month, being added throughout March. A map of world women inspired by the women featured in Warrior Queens by Kate Mosse Women and sport .
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Britain’s relationship with the EU on film
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/britains-relationship-with-the-eu-on-film/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 British Pathe films on Britain’s relationship with the EU including negotiations to join the Common Market.
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University support for Shama Women’s Centre celebration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/shama-centre
The University of Leicester is proud to help celebrate the positive impact of local award-winning charity Shama Women’s Centre at an event in March.
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Leicester to appear on BBC Radio 4s Gardeners Question Time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/university-to-appear-on-bbc-radio-4s-gardeners-question-time
The University's Attenborough Arboretum will feature in an upcoming episode of BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time on Friday 16 February at 3:00PM.
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Conceptualising Islands in History: Considering Bermuda and Gibraltar’s Prison Hulks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/03/08/conceptualising-islands-in-history-considering-bermuda-and-gibraltars-prison-hulks/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on March 8, 2016 By Anna McKay, AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Student, National Maritime Museum & University of Leicester.
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First Juno science results supported by University of Leicester’s Jupiter ‘forecast’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2017/05/25/first-juno-science-results-supported-by-university-of-leicesters-jupiter-forecast/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on May 25, 2017 Astronomers publish predictions of planetary phenomena on Jupiter that informed spacecraft’s arrival.
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Donor’s legacy will help train future surgeons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/surgical-suite
The dying wish of a former surgeon is helping medical students at the University of Leicester to follow in his footsteps