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• Academic encounters? International Relations Studies and the “Carceral Archipelago” project

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/03/02/academic-encounters-international-relations-studies-and-the-carceral-archipelago-project/

  Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on March 2, 2017 My recent appointment as lecturer at the History Department of the Utrecht University has brought me in close contact with the bourgeoning field of International Relations (IR) studies.

• Academic presents research on silence in Japans second language classrooms

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-presents-research-on-silence-in-japan2019s-second-language-classrooms

  Dr Jim King from the School of Arts has recently presented research in London to an audience of Japan experts and educationalists into why Japanese students are often reluctant to speak in a second language in classes in Japan.

• British premiere of Abdellah Taïa’s Salvation Army

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2014/11/18/british-premiere-of-abdellah-taias-salvation-army/

  Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on November 18, 2014 Back in September, I attended the first British screening of Salvation Army  (2013), the début film of Moroccan author (and now filmmaker) Abdellah Taïa, screened exclusively...

• The forerunners of Leicester City FC

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/the-forerunners-of-leicester-city-fc

  Leicester City Football Club's outstanding performance in the Premier League has taken the world by storm, making Leicester one of only six teams to win.

• Access to UK's cultural heritage is revolutionised by Museum Data Service launch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/museum-data-service

  A transformative moment for the UK’s cultural sector took place this week as the Museum Data Service (MDS) officially launched, setting the stage for an unprecedented consolidation of the UK’s museum records.

• University of Leicester presents at Gateway to China event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-of-leicester-presents-at-gateway-to-china-event

  Our University has played a key role in the “Gateway to China” a one-day event that was part of the last edition of the Leicester Business Festival.

• People

  https://le.ac.uk/gem/people

  Professor Simon Conroy Simon’s ambition is to improve outcomes for frail older people by embedding evidence based medicine into clinical practice (‘campus to clinic’ translational research).

• Awesome aurora device replicates Northern Lights phenomenon

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/awesome-aurora-device-replicates-northern-lights-phenomenon

  Leicester researchers will be creating Northern Lights for a studio audience using the University's Planeterrella during the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lecture on 30 December 2015. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are the UK’s flagship science series.

• Research highlights incredible insects during National Insect Week

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/2018national-insect-week2019-creeps-up-on-us-once-more

  The feature, revisiting four occasions where insects played an instrumental role in University research, can be found here Insects, bugs, creepy-crawlies - there are some who say they are not always the cutest critters, but they can certainly be one of the most useful and...

• Leicester professor elected fellow of prestigious Academy of Social Sciences

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/leicester-professor-teela-sanders-fellow-academy-social-science

  A University of Leicester academic has been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences.