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• Social Security and the Gig Economy – Lessons from the French Intermittents du Spectable scheme.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2023/12/07/social-security-and-the-gig-economy-lessons-from-the-french-intermittents-du-spectable-scheme/

  Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on December 7, 2023 A radical redesign of the UK benefits system for gig economy workers could draw inspiration from a French scheme that covers art industry workers writes Guillaume Wilemme and Piotr Denderski of the...

• Parents and researchers share insights at University of Leicester for World Prematurity Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/prematurity-day

  University of Leicester invites parents, teachers and professionals to ‘The educational needs of children born preterm’ on Thursday 17 November.

• University of Leicester create a book honouring Centenary donors

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/golden-book

  A book commemorating hundreds of University donors has been commissioned to mark the University of Leicester’s centenary.

• Prestigious archaeology prize for Leicester graduate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/prestigious-archaeology-prize-for-leicester-graduate

  The Association for Environmental Archaeology has announced that Leicester alumna Nora Battermann has won their John Evans Undergraduate Dissertation Prize. This year’s winners of the John Evans Prizes were announced at the Association’s annual conference in Rome.

• Distinguished personalities to be honoured at our graduation ceremonies

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/distinguished-personalities-to-be-honoured-at-our-graduation-ceremonies

  As we celebrate the success of our graduating students at our summer graduation ceremonies from 11-14 July, the achievements of six distinguished individuals who have excelled in their fields will be recognised as they receive honorary degrees from our University.

• Leicester DNA research presented to House of Commons Science and Technology Committee

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-dna-research-presented-to-house-of-commons-science-and-technology-committee

  Written evidence from the University of Leicester about the future of DNA research in the UK has been presented to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry into genomics and genome editing.

• Images of Research winners revealed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/28-images-of-research-winners-revealed

  Images of Research|A huge congratulations to our winners for the 2019 Images of Research Competition, which took place on Wednesday 27 November at Fraser Noble Hall. Our research community was challenged to submit an image or photograph which summarised their research.

• Public lecture on ice sheets and sea levels rescheduled

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/06-ice-sheets-lecture

  Research into polar ice sheets that could help predict future sea levels is the subject of a public lecture at the University of Leicester on 15 January.

• School of Arts, Media and Communication student complaints procedure

  https://le.ac.uk/arts/about/contact-us/student-complaints

  The School of Arts welcomes feedback, and we understand that occasionally you may wish to make a complaint. Find out about our student feedback and complaints procedure.

• Urine test is breakthrough for high blood pressure patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/urine-test-is-breakthrough-for-high-blood-pressure-patients

  A research team including Leicester scientists has shown that a urine test leads to a drop in blood pressure in patients who had been struggling to regularly take their blood pressure lowering tablets.