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• How fandom can be viewed as a form or substitute for religion

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/how-fandom-can-be-viewed-as-a-form-or-substitute-for-religion

  The extent to which mass following of popular culture – popular music stars, TV shows or football fandom – can act as a form of faith for followers is to be explored at an international conference hosted at Leicester between 28-30 July.

• Leicester study to improve crop plants

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants

  Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.

• Conference to explore the lasting scars of conflict

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/conference-to-explore-the-lasting-scars-of-conflict

  Military welfare during the British Civil Wars and how the lasting scars of these conflicts influenced the nation for generations to come will be explored at a conference between 7-8 August at Newark Museum, Nottinghamshire, organised by the Centre for English Local History.

• Conference to examine the complex history of immigration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/conference-to-examine-immigrations-complex-history

  Immigration, its causes and its consequences, may be a contentious topic in the 21st century, but it is by no means a new phenomenon.

• Richard III interest in India

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/richard-iii-2013-interest-in-india

  News of the discovery and research into Richard III has been of global interest – but the University of Leicester news team were a little surprised to find a photo of a boy in India sporting a Richard III T-shirt.

• 100 Hours Work-Related Learning

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/courses/wrl

  Summary information regarding the 100 Hours Work-Relate Learning strategic initiative.

• 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2024

  Archive programme for the Centre for Victorian Studies 2024 Seminar Programme.

• Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro taught by Leicester alumnus Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-alumni-sir-malcolm-stanley-bradbury-taught-nobel-prize-winner-for-2017-kazuo-ishiguro

  This morning, British writer Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Ishiguro is a novelist, screenwriter and short story writer.

• Research facility

  https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/biomarker-facility/research

  The van Geest grant will enable further interactions between scientists and clinicians in a dedicated cardiovascular research centre, where detailed studies of a patient’s protein and metabolite make-up will complement their clinical and demographic data, and in combination...

• Athena SWAN

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/about/athena-swan

  The School of Business is committed to equal opportunities for all students and members of staff. Learn about our commitment to Athena SWAN.