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• Economics professor discusses research into what makes people vote in elections

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/economics-professor-discusses-research-into-what-makes-people-vote-in-elections

  Professor Eyal Winter from the School of Business has been featured in a ScienceNews article discussing how voter turnout increases when polling numbers are close. Research conducted by Professor Winter and colleagues in 2006 looked at U.S. gubernatorial races from 1990 to 2005.

• Leicester law graduate to compete at Rio Olympics

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-law-graduate-to-compete-at-rio-olympics

  Leicester alumnus Phelan Hill has been selected to compete for Team GB in this summer's 2016 Rio Olympic Games, which begin on 5 August.

• Historian to take part in stand-up comedy challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/historian-to-take-part-in-stand-up-comedy-challenge

  Kevin Schürer (pictured), Professor of English Local History in our School of History and lead genealogist in the discovery of King Richard III, has been announced as one of the contenders in a stand-up comedy challenge in Leicestershire.

• Richard III is number 1

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/richard-iii-is-number-1

  Our University's discovery of King Richard III and his subsequent reburial at Leicester Cathedral has retained the top spot in the History 100 poll for the second year running.

• The Mosaic newsletter

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/about/newsletter

  Read the School of Archaeology and Ancient History's newsletter, The Mosaic.

• Countess of Wessex to attend the reinterment of King Richard III

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/countess-of-wessex-to-attend-the-reinterment-of-king-richard-iii

  The Dean of Leicester has announced that Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex is to attend the Reinterment Service for King Richard lll on Thursday March 26th at Leicester Cathedral. She will be joined by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.

• Voice in Space

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/voice-in-space

  The voice of renowned physicist and Leicester honorary graduate Stephen Hawking, who died earlier this year, was beamed into space today, following a memorial service held at Westminster Abbey in London.

• Artistic PhD student pens animated message for World Diabetes Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/artistic-phd-student-pens-video-message-for-world-diabetes-day

  A diabetes researcher at our University has combined science with art to produce a powerful awareness-raising message for World Diabetes Day.

• Study finds higher-earning men would take a pay cut to spend more time with partners

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/study-finds-higher-earning-men-would-take-a-pay-cut-to-spend-more-time-with-partners

  Most men in Europe want to spend fewer hours at work and more time with their families even though it would cut their income, a major study on employment published in the journal Sociology shows.

• Tales of migration lead to unique international project

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/migrants-tales-lead-to-unique-international-project

  A tale of two cities has brought together two international universities in a unique collaboration to explore their common histories. The cities are Baroda in Gujarat, India, and Leicester in England – two cities united by a story of migration.