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• Leicester academic curates major art exhibition in Rome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academic-curates-major-art-exhibition-in-rome

  A University of Leicester academic has curated a major art exhibition currently being shown at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. Professor David Ekserdjian, from the University of Leicester’s Department of History of Art and Film, curated “Correggio e Parmigianino.

• Geographer to receive national award for promoting diversity in teaching

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/geographer-to-receive-national-award-for-promoting-diversity-in-teaching

  The efforts of Dr Margaret Byron (pictured) from the Department of Geography to bring the subjects of race and diversity into geography education have been recognised by a prestigious professional body.

• Diabetes professors support ban on junk food adverts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/diabetes-professors-support-ban-on-junk-food-adverts

  Junk food advertising aimed at children has “no place in a fit and proper society”, according to a leading diabetes expert in light of a further clampdown.

• Nick Cummins achieves double sporting success

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-nick-cummins-leicester-tigers-wheelchair-rugby-quad-nations

  Nick Cummins|Sports scholar Nick Cummins wins league with Leicester Tigers Wheelchair Rugby Team and gets selected for Great Britain.

• World-renowned sociologist to deliver Anthropocene lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/17-bruno-latour-anthropocene-lecture

  Professor Bruno Latour, the award-winning and renowned sociologist, philosopher and anthropologist, will deliver a lecture on the Anthropocene at the University of Leicester on Monday 3 June 2019.

• £1.3 million grant for global atmosphere research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/10-troposphere-erc-grant

  Dr Eloise Marais from our School of Physics and Astronomy has secured a European Research Council (ERC) grant of more than £1 million to advance her crucial research into the global upper troposphere.

• Centre offers organisations a route to sustainable success

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/centre-organisations-sustainable-success

  The University of Leicester has assembled a team of experts devoted to helping organisations become more sustainable.

• Seed Library

  https://le.ac.uk/library/get-involved/seed-library

  Working with Leicester City Council and The Conservation Volunteers, we're giving away free packets of seeds to library users, encouraging people to start growing fresh, tasty, healthy veg at home.

• Sounds for the Future

  https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/sounds-for-the-future

  Special Collections and the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) running a new project, 'Sounds for the Future'. The project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and will run from May 2022 to October 2023.

• What is a professional doctorate?

  https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/what-they-are/prof-doctorate

  Professional doctorates are equivalent to a PhD but have a focus on a specific professional context, such as social science, medicine or psychology.