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• Lifting and Heaving An Easter Custom

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/lifting-and-heaving-an-easter-custom

  Easter is a time where we typically gift one another chocolate rabbits, embark on intrepid Easter egg hunts - and some celebrate the religious significance of the occasion.

• Leicester cited in Parliamentary debate on world-class impact of UK science

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/leicester-cited-in-parliamentary-debate-on-world-class-impact-of-uk-science

  Our University has been cited for the world-class impact of its work in a Parliamentary debate on Treasury Support for UK Science.

• East Midlands pioneered health innovation shortlisted for national award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/east-midlands-pioneered-health-innovation-shortlisted-for-national-award

  A ground-breaking intervention to improve junior doctors’ performance – designed in Leicester and developed in Lincolnshire – is attracting global interest and has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.

• Researcher speaks at international conference in Pakistan on effects of expanding tourism on heritage sites

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/researcher-speaks-at-international-conference-in-pakistan-on-effects-of-expanding-tourism-on-heritage-sites

  Dr Ruth Young (pictured) from our School of Archaeology and Ancient History recently spoke at the 1st International Conference on Makli, in Sindh, Pakistan on how uncontrolled tourism can cause threats to heritage sites.

• Gender-Based Violence Education for Youth: A Caribbean Arts-Based Facilitation Guide

  https://le.ac.uk/anglophone-caribbean/outputs/facilitation-guide

  The facilitation guide is a resource for secondary school teachers and youth programme facilitators to engage young people in gender-based violence prevention work using the performing arts.

• Literary Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/literary-leicester

  Join us for a free four-day Literary Leicester 2026 event, featuring Sophie Hannah, Louise Doughty and Jonathan Coe. Secure your tickets today.

• Sohaib Rufai

  https://le.ac.uk/people/sohaib-rufai

  The academic profile of Dr Sohaib Rufai, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Ophthalmology at University of Leicester

• Project to investigate how offenders engage with treatment in different settings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/project-to-investigate-how-offenders-engage-with-treatment-in-different-settings

  Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship that will investigate why offenders do and do not engage with treatment in prison, forensic hospital and community settings. As many as 86% of offenders do not successfully complete rehabilitation programmes.

• Multimillion-pound lifespan research project will look at why some people live longer than others in Leicestershire

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/leicestershire-lifespan-project

  University of Leicester researchers will be investigating why some people in the county live longer than others thanks to a multimillion-pound project.

• Accreditation of prior learning

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/quality/prior-learning

  Find out more about Prior Learning Policy at University of Leicester