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• Expert opinions cover trust within cultures colour the Anthropocene and more

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/expert-opinions-cover-brexit-zimbabwe-trust-within-cultures-and-more

  Professor Jo Brewis from our School of Business has explored the ways in which the gig economy is providing an insidious new means for women to be exposed to sexual harassment.

• University of Leicester receives VIP visit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-of-leicester-receives-vip-visit

  Our University has today welcomed a VIP from the United States of America. It is a common misconception that ‘VIP’ always stands for Very Important Person. Actually, sometimes it stands for Very Important Per.

• 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.

• Leicester researcher wins Silver Award in House of Commons competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-researcher-wins-silver-award-in-house-of-commons-competition

  Riya George, a researcher at University of Leicester won Silver at a competition in the House of Commons, for the excellence of her biology research, walking away with a £2,000 prize.

• Indonesian peat fire carbon emissions vary considerably based on fire type study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/indonesian-peat-fire-carbon-emissions-vary-considerably-based-on-fire-type-study-shows

  Carbon emissions caused by burning tropical peatlands in Indonesia vary considerably depending on if the fires are initial or recurrent, according to new research co-authored by Professor Susan Page and Dr Kevin Tansey from the Department of Geography.

• Professor Carlo Panara appointed Head of Leicester Law School

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/carlo-panara

  University of Leicester has announced that Professor Carlo Panara has been appointed as Head of Leicester Law School. Professor Panara comes to Leicester after four years and a half as Director of the School of Law at Liverpool John Moores University.

• Consuming Authenticities: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 4

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/page/4/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Leicester chemist conjures up spooktacular science of baking masterclass at New Scientist Live

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/leicester-chemist-science-baking-masterclass-new-scientist-live

  University of Leicester culinary chemist Dr Josh Smalley wowed the crowds with his Halloween-themed baking spells – and some vomiting pumpkins – at New Scientist Live.

• Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received a £4 million boost

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/kidney-donation

  The Stoneygate Trust and the University of Leicester are providing significant funding to turbocharge a number of key kidney research initiatives by renal experts

• The Adventures of Charles Letagne – A Salutary Tale of Ethical Responsibility

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/08/13/the-adventures-of-charles-letagne-a-salutary-tale-of-ethical-responsibility/

  Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 13, 2020 A former colleague, who I worked with in an academic context, derived great amusement from referring to a paper by the (imaginary) academic Charles Letagne.