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• University of Leicester welcomes Sutton Trust report into medical students from working class backgrounds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/university-leicester-sutton-trust-working-class-medical-students

  The University of Leicester has welcomed a report which has highlighted the dearth of medical students from working class backgrounds in the UK.

• Rutvica Andrijasevic

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/ra238/

  What the Hong Kong Occupation has Already Achieved Posted by Rutvica Andrijasevic in School of Business Blog on November 10, 2014 Rutvica Andrijasevic, Lecturer in Employment Studies at the School, overviews some provisional findings from the research she has been doing into...

• Introducing the Consuming Authenticities project – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2014/12/17/introducing-the-project/

  Consuming Authenticities is an AHRC-funded research project exploring the role of history in establishing the cultural importance of different foods and drinks.

• Why Academics Need to Engage in Public and Political Discourse

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2020/08/04/why-academics-need-to-engage-in-public-and-political-discourse/

  Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on August 4, 2020   People often struggle to distinguish between the advice of a charlatan and an expert, meaning that academic input into public discussions of important issues such as COVID-19 is vital, writes Aris...

• Economic inequality is not “bad for everyone”, new research shows – wealthier people derive happiness benefits

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/economic-inequality-wealth-people-happiness

  Increases in economic inequality raise the life satisfaction of wealthier people, while lowering the life satisfaction of people who earn less, newly published research shows.

• ‘Urgent help’ is required to drive down COVID-19 death rates among ethnic minority communities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/covid-19-among-ethnic-minorities

  The disproportionate rates of COVID-19 related deaths among people from ethnic minorities is ‘alarming’ and requires ‘urgent attention’ researchers have said.

• Insights into the language of dubbing: naturalness and spontaneity vs. standardisation and artificiality

  https://le.ac.uk/translation-interpreting-studies/events/dubbing

  Find out more about our event: Insights into the language of dubbing: naturalness and spontaneity vs. standardisation and artificiality, with speaker Dr Rocío Baños-Piñero.

• Enhancing research and impact through collaboration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-rutherford-fellows

  Interdiscplinary research Interdisciplinary research| National event at Leicester brings together international Rutherford Fellows to celebrate interdisciplinary research.

• Research shows national parliaments in the UK and the Netherlands host highest number of MPs of immigrant origin

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-national-parliaments-in-the-uk-and-the-netherlands-host-highest-number-of-mps-of-immigrant-origin

  Key research findings about the political representation of citizens of immigrant origin (IO) in European national parliaments have been announced at an event in central London on Monday 15 February.

• Human Geography BA

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/human-geography-ba/2026

  Migration, gentrification, sustainability. By looking at the complex relationship between people and places, you’ll learn how to confront the pressing human geography issues of our time.