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• Conference to examine effectiveness of government drive to widen access to university

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/conference-to-examine-effectiveness-of-government-drive-to-widen-access-to-university

  How can young people from disadvantaged backgrounds be encouraged to attend university and gain a higher education? This question will be discussed at our University's Widening Participation Summit on 21 March when university staff will report on new initiatives and...

• Law news

  https://le.ac.uk/law/news/law-news

  Read news stories from Leicester Law School and keep up to date.

• The bottle of water: what does it mean to commodify a natural resource?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/bottle-of-water

  Read the article "The bottle of water: what does it mean to commodify a natural resource?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• Simon Dixon

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/simon_dixon/

  I am Archives and Special Collections Manager within the University Library. My role is to manage and develop the Library's and other University research collections and exploit digital technologies to reach new audiences for these collections.

• Genetics and genealogy

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics

  More about the genealogical detective work involved in identifying King Richard III. Mitochondrial DNA and the Y-chromosome were used, after all these years, for the DNA identification purposes.

• Votes for women: coronation special (1911)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/votes-for-women-coronation-special-1911/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 An important part of suffrage campaigning was the organisation of mass processions and parades for the 1911 Coronation of King George V.

• Food and water

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/the-cost-of-a-plate-of-food-2020-wfp/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 The Cost of a Plate of Food 2020 (WFP) A basic meal is far beyond the reach of millions of people in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic joins existing food shortages and hunger according...

• Concurrent Design

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/co2108

  Module code: CO2108 (double module) Concurrent Design is the simultaneous design and production of a prototype application. This may include both hardware and software solutions. The aim of the module is for you to spin out a business idea with plans for a start-up.

• Literary Leicester 2015 returns

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/literary-leicester-2015-line-up-announced

  The line-up of authors and special guests attending Literary Leicester 2015, who will be delivering a range of exciting and stimulating sessions to audiences, has been revealed. Literary Leicester is among the city’s leading annual festivals of the written and spoken word.

• Major investment in doctoral students to support next generation of researchers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/doctoral-funding

  University of Leicester is a partner in two programmes to benefit from £500 million investment in postgraduate training nationally