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Heightened COVID-19 risk for BAME healthcare workers to be examined in major UK study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/covid-bame-risk-study
More than £2m of Government funding has been awarded to academics at the University of Leicester to investigate why people from BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) backgrounds have a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19, after higher proportions of associated...
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‘History in the making’: Reflections on the reinterment of Richard III, ten years on
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/richard-iii-reinterment-anniversary
Members of the University of Leicester’s Greyfriars team, who excavated and identified the remains of Richard III, recall their experiences of his reinterment on 26 March 2015
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Writer as Intellectual and Physical Drifter: Dr Rob M Francis reflects on his role as David Bradshaw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/07/03/writer-as-intellectual-and-physical-drifter-dr-rob-m-francis-reflects-on-his-role-as-david-bradshaw-creative-writer-in-residence-and-two-of-his-favourite-oxford-sites/
Posted by gboland in Waugh and Words on July 3, 2019 It’s been an absolute pleasure to be the inaugural full time David Bradshaw Writer in Residence. I’ve been thrilled in so many ways and by so many aspects of this amazing project.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/people
Learn more about the people involved in the Centre for New Writing.
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Career development
https://le.ac.uk/the-technician-commitment/plan/career-development
6-12 months Institutionally as part of our Athena Swan work we are in the process of piloting career pathways for professional services colleagues which show what is required at each grade level and the development opportunities to support career aspirations.
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Lecturer curates video exhibition in Argentina and Brazil
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/lecturer-curates-video-exhibition-in-argentina-and-brazil
A new video exhibition curated by a lecturer from our School of Modern Languages will explore the world 'between languages' at venues in Brazil and Argentina.
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University building to be named after first female professor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/university-building-to-be-named-after-first-female-professor
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has announced that a building at the University is to be named after its first female professor.
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Sociology student awarded UN internship in Indonesia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/sociology-student-awarded-un-internship-in-indonesia
Student Cindy Colondam, who is due to start her second year studying Sociology, has been working as an intern for the United Nations (UN) as part of their UN Global Pulse initiative in Jakarta, Indonesia over the summer.
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Giant rhinos and letters home historical Freshers Weeks at our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/giant-rhinos-and-letters-home-historical-freshers2019-weeks-at-our-university
This year our University has launched its Fabulous First Year initiative, including the MyUoL app which allows students to access daily university information in one place including timetables, library search and university news.
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Nobel peace prize nominee held captive by IS gives public lecture - photo gallery added
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/nobel-peace-prize-nominee-held-captive-by-is-to-give-public-lecture
Nobel Peace Prize nominee and UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad, a Yazidi woman who was held captive by Islamic State members and whose six brothers were murdered by them, spoke out at the University of Leicester on The Struggle of Yazidis Against IS.