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Leicester academic speaks at UCLA symposium on race and human rights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/13-symposium-ucla-race-human-rights
The University of Leicester was represented by Dr Vidya Kumar, Associate Professor of Law at Leicester Law School, at a symposium titled ‘Critical Perspectives on Race and Human Rights: Transnational Re-Imaginings’, held at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on...
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Danielle Brown inducted into BUCS Hall of Fame
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/18-danielle-brown-bucs-hall-of-fame
On Wednesday 5 June, University of Leicester Law graduate Danielle Brown was inducted into the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Hall of Fame.
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Up to 1 in 3 of older people with schizophrenia might have undiagnosed diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/03-diabetes-mental-health
Researchers linked with the University of Leicester have found high rates of diabetes in schizophrenia which is often overlooked.
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Leicester Peace Talks: Public lecture on post-WW2 migration experiences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-postww2-immigration
A public lecture at the University of Leicester on 6 November will explore how Government policies around immigration from the Caribbean have affected individuals.
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Fantastic Beasts and Where I Found Them
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-fantastic-beasts-and-where-i-found-them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them An elephant swimming in the water|Join us for the first in a revamped series of Professorial Inaugural Lectures as Professor Richard Thomas discusses his research into human-animal relationships.
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University of Leicester expert in political marketing joins fellowship of outstanding social scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/university-leicester-expert-political-marketing-fellowship-outstanding-social-scientists
A University of Leicester expert in political marketing and propaganda has been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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Statement from the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/pre-change-engagement
Today, the University of Leicester wrote to all colleagues to confirm that 145 roles have been placed at risk of redundancy, with a potential net reduction of circa 60 posts.
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Social scientist joins crew of Tall Ship for D-Day landing commemoration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/social-scientist-joins-crew-of-tall-ship-for-d-day-landing-commemoration
Dr Jim McDermott (pictured), an Associate Tutor with the School of Management and a member of The Royal British Legion, is setting sail to retrace the routes taken by the ships and landing craft during D-Day on 6 June 1944 to the Normandy beaches.
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Real world link discovered between type 2 diabetes and low blood sugar risk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/real-world2019-link-discovered-between-type-2-diabetes-and-low-blood-sugar-risk
A research team from the Leicester Diabetes Centre, led by postgraduate researcher Chloe Louise Edridge, has reviewed a series of studies into how often hypoglycaemia – or low blood sugar – occurs in people with type 2 diabetes and has discovered that the condition is...
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Type 2 diabetes weight loss treatment breakthrough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/type-2-diabetes-weight-loss-treatment-2018breakthrough2019
A study showing how a newly approved obesity treatment can help shed the pounds in people with Type 2 diabetes represents a breakthrough in weight loss management, according to leading diabetes researcher Professor Melanie Davies (pictured), Professor of Diabetes Medicine at...