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• Conference to discuss ways of eradicating female genital mutilation in the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/conference-to-discuss-ways-of-eradicating-female-genital-mutilation-in-the-uk

  This year, more than 20,000 girls under the age of 15 will be at risk of genital mutilation in the UK.

• Leicester artist begins new project inspired by Universitys animal bones archive

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-artist-begins-new-project-inspired-by-universitys-animal-bones-archive

  Artist Jo Dacombe is immersing herself within the Bone Laboratory in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History to understand how archaeologists generate stories about past human and animal relationships from the fragments of bones that are recovered through excavation.

• Leading thinker on female homosexuality in Muslim communities to give public talk

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leading-thinker-on-female-homosexuality-in-islam-to-give-public-talk

  The latest trends in the study of homosexuality and migration will be explored in a free lecture taking place on 25 November between 5.30 and 7pm in Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3.

• New documentary warns of the effects of tax avoidance on national economies

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/new-documentary-warns-of-the-effects-of-tax-avoidance-on-national-economies

  Dr Angus Cameron (pictured) from the School of Management will be featured in the upcoming documentary The Price We Pay, directed by award-winning filmmaker Harold Crooks, which makes its British premiere at the Open City Documentary Festival in London on 19 June.

• Change Gear for the all clear against cancer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/change-gear-for-the-all-clear-against-cancer

  On the 27 March 2015, students studying Cancer Chemistry will be aiming to raise over £1,000 for Hope Against Cancer, the local cancer research charity.

• Expert opinions cover heart disease migraines Salisbury and World Sleep Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/expert-opinions-cover-heart-attacks-migraines-salisbury-and-world-sleep-day

  In an article for The Conversation, Dr Tom Webb and Professors Alison Goodall and Shu Ye have discussed possible reasons why age is such as strong risk factor for heart disease.

• Impact

  https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/impact

  Discover how the research and outputs of the Centre for Hate Studies have substantially changed awareness and understanding of hate crime

• Priorities and successes

  https://le.ac.uk/igan/focus

  Led by Professor Jon Barratt, Leicester’s Mayer IgAN Group pioneers global research into early diagnosis, treatment and cure of chronic kidney disease.

• Crime writer and creator of Inspector Morse dies

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/crime-writer-and-creator-of-inspector-morse-dies

  The University has learnt of the death of the author Colin Dexter, most famous for creating the character of Inspector Morse and the series of thirteen novels that he features in.

• A Catalyst for Change

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/catalyst-for-change

  An innovative project to take museum collections out to those communities which the museum service had failed to reach