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• Censoring Academics works well for Publishers

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/06/18/censoring-academics-works-well-for-publishers/

  Posted by Ken Weir in School of Business Blog on June 18, 2014 Kenneth Weir, Lecturer in Accountancy at the School, examines the popularity of a controversial article which he, David Harvie, Geoff Lightfoot and Simon Lilley , recently published (about publishing) In 2012, the...

• The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/cotton-bobbin

  Read the article "The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• Leicesters EU students boost local jobs and the economy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicesters-eu-students-boost-local-jobs-and-the-economy

  EU students at universities in Leicester and across the East Midlands generate £143m for the region’s economy and support 1,341 jobs, according to analysis from Universities UK. The new analysis looks at the impact of EU students across all regions and nations of the UK.

• Chinese link with local renal unit builds on University initiatives

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/chinese-link-with-local-renal-unit-builds-on-university-initiatives

  Links with a nephrology unit in Nantong China developed by University researchers have now led to Leicester’s Hospitals’ John Walls Renal Unit becoming a “sister renal centre” as part of the International Society of Nephrology Sister Renal Center (SRC) Programme.

• Expert opinions cover digital sweatshops and local aid workers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/expert-opinions-cover-digital-sweatshops

  Dr Jonathan Corpus Ong from the Department of Media, Communication and Sociology has written an article for The Guardian about how local aid workers are often ignored after being recruited to humanitarian technology and communications teams, despite the insight they...

• Salters Festival of Chemistry teaches students from local schools about science

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/salters2019-festival-of-chemistry-to-teach-students-from-local-schools-about-science

  64 students from 16 schools in the local area enjoyed an exciting day of chemistry at the Salters' Festival of Chemistry on campus on Tuesday 12 April. Each school was represented by a team of four 11-13 year olds.

• University of Leicester sponsors awards celebrating achievements in local schools

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/university-of-leicester-sponsors-awards-celebrating-achievements-in-local-schools

  The University of Leicester will be the headline sponsor for the Leicester Mercury’s 2017 Education Awards. These awards are a special opportunity to recognise particularly outstanding students, and will take place on 7 December at the King Power Stadium.

• Local primary school children explore history of Leicester Cathedral

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/local-primary-school-children-explore-history-of-leicester-cathedral

  One hundred primary school children in Leicester will have the opportunity to retell the story of Leicester Cathedral in a creative writing workshop led by tutors from our School of Arts on Friday 3 March.

• Event aims to inspire academic achievement in local Bangladeshi community

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/event-aims-to-inspire-academic-achievement-in-local-bangladeshi-community-1

  The University's Department of Chemistry will be hosting an outreach event on Thursday 1 June, designed to encourage academic achievement in children of Bangladeshi heritage.

• Local children enjoy making money for number project

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/local-children-enjoy-2018making-money2019-for-number-project

  Hundreds of local children have been drawing their own £100 notes - and thousands of these designs are on display from Saturday in the Victorian Gallery at New Walk Museum.