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• Training

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/safeguarding/training

  Find out more about the training in place at the University of Leicester for safeguarding.

• University of Leicester alumnus breaks into European opera circuit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/liam-james-karai

  Dr Jenkins recently made the trip to Germany to watch Liam perform as lead baritone, Escamillo in Carmen at Mainz Opera House. Dr Jenkins said: “Music at the University of Leicester is a student-led recreational activity.

• First glimpse into the core of a planet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/exoplanet-core

  The surviving core of a planet has been discovered orbiting a distant star by a team of academics, including University of Leicester astronomers, offering the first ever glimpse inside of a planet.

• Change makers of the future launch Go Green Week

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/10-go-green-week

  From 10–14 February 2020, the University of Leicester will be hosting Go Green Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness of the importance of sustainability and encourage positive change among students and staff.

• New guide to Old Towns legal past

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/new-guide-to-old-town2019s-legal-past

  Students from our University have created a new city guide. The legal history of one of the oldest areas of Leicester has been brought to life in a new audio tour.

• Pyramid of Geezers how to assemble a perfect human pyramid

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/pyramid-of-geezers

  Physics students have calculated the formula for a perfect human pyramid – and have found that the best suited candidates to achieve maximum height are groups of men, women and children.

• Women are more fairly funded in the social sciences

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/women-are-more-fairly-funded-in-the-social-sciences

  Accounting for academic position, women are as successful as men at winning grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and they receive grants that are actually slightly larger than those won by men.

• University professor joins stars in cancer fight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-professor-joins-stars-in-cancer-fight

  A leading scientist from our University has teamed up with Cancer  Research UK and Channel 4 to launch a celebrity-backed fund-raiser.

• Art and sociology help to reveal lives of British South Asian Women

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/art-and-sociology-help-to-reveal-lives-of-british-south-asian-women

  Leicester sociologists will collaborate with a local artist to bring new insights to their research into the experiences of migrant communities in the UK.

• Pioneering university-led project helps Afghan women adapt to life in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/afghan-course

  Philip Horspool, Director of the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) at the University of Leicester, said:  “Language is one of the many challenges facing those who leave their country.