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• Leicester students all set for ‘virtual’ Graduation celebrations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/virtual-graduations

  Students from the University of Leicester’s Class of 2021 will celebrate completing their studies with virtual Graduation celebrations this week.

• BBCs Crimewatch Roadshow comes to Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/bbcs-crimewatch-roadshow-comes-to-leicester

  The University will feature in an upcoming episode of BBC’s Crimewatch Roadshow, which is due to be aired on Friday 23 June 2017.

• Protest camps explored in new book co-edited by Leicester academics

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/protest-camps-explored-in-new-book-co-edited-by-leicester-academics

  A new book on protest camps and political activism, edited by two Leicester academics, will be published on Wednesday 29 March.

• Parliamentary debates cite Leicesters research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/parliamentary-debates-cite-leicesters-research

  The work of our University has been cited in two separate debates in Parliament. At Westminster debates, research in our College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology has been cited twice in the same week.

• Tackling religiously motivated hate affecting university students

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/tackling-religiously-motivated-hate-affecting-university-students

  Initiatives designed to tackle the rise of hate and extremism in the UK and beyond have received a vital boost from the Office for Students (OfS).

• Lecture to explore the emerging blood test helping to spot cancer earlier

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/lecture-to-explore-the-emerging-blood-test-helping-to-spot-cancer-earlier

  Research into a blood test that may spot cancers sooner and allow more targeted treatment is to be presented by researcher at our University. Professor Jacqui Shaw (pictured) from our Department of Cancer Studies will give the Frank May Prize Lecture 2017 on 26 June at 5.

• 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...

• Mr Duncan Cloud (1930-2020)

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/duncan-cloud

  The University community was saddened to learn of the loss, on 24 June 2020, of one of its most senior members and a major figure in its history. John Duncan Cloud (MA Oxford, B.Litt.

• ‘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.

• University of Leicester sets up pilot scheme to support students escaping war, disasters and persecution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/displaced-students

  Medical students affected by war, natural disasters and persecution are now able to continue their education in safety as part of a University of Leicester pilot scheme.