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• Professor Vincent Newey (1943–2020)

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/vincent-newey

  Professor Philip Shaw writes: It is with deep sadness that I share the news that Vincent Newey, our colleague, friend and former Head of Department, has passed away.

• Black Lives Matter

  https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/about/black-lives-matter

  Academics in the Centre for American Studies have put together a list of resources for anyone interested in learning more about the Black Lives Matter movement.

• Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/parca-r/resources

  Explore the resources under the Parent Report of Children's Abilities study at the University of Leicester.

• The stamp: a classic object in the development of education?

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

  Read the article "The stamp: a classic object in the development of education?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• Researcher lands £250k funding to continue investigation into DNA damage and its link to cancer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/amanda-chaplin

  A university researcher has been awarded a prestigious prize to continue her cutting-edge work to understand how the body responds to DNA damage that can ultimately lead to cancer.

• Kinchega Archaeological Research Project

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/people-and-places/kinchega-archaeological-research-project

  Project page for the University of Leicester's Kinchega Archaeological Research Project

• COVID-19 treatment trialed at Leicester’s Hospitals shown to reduce deaths in sickest patients by one-fifth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/covid-recovery

  John, a self-employed roofer, was approached by a research nurse to take part in the RECOVERY trial, where he was assigned the Regeneron monoclonal antibody combination. The treatment was delivered through an intravenous drip, which took about an hour to enter his body.

• New test could help preserve endangered gibbon populations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/gibbons-twycross-genetic-endangered

  A Leicester geneticist working with ape specialists at Twycross Zoo has developed a test which could help preserve highly vulnerable Gibbon populations from extinction

• Applied Linguistics MOOC

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-applied-linguistics/2020

  Language teachers, forensic linguistics, speech therapists and translators all work within the realm of applied linguistics. If you’re a lover of language, and want to know more about how it functions in our everyday lives, this online course is for you.

• Latin American Literature and Film

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sp1031

  Module code: SP1031 This module introduces you to the study of film and narrative fiction from Latin America. The written and film texts studied will be from the contemporary and twentieth century periods and will be from a range of countries in the region.