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• Identifying barriers and solutions to under-reporting

  https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/research/identifying-barriers-and-solutions-to-under-reporting

  Find out more about our research into identifying barriers and solutions to under-reporting, focusing on the under-reporting of hate crime among LGBT victims. This research was conducted by the University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies.

• Puppy power Students Union leads the way with pearls pasties and a new furry friend

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/puppy-power-students-union-leads-the-way-with-pearls-pasties-and-a-new-furry-friend

  The Students’ Union has been busy over the summer renovating its food market - and welcoming the newest member to its team, Vinnie the black Labrador retriever. The Union has invested £200,000 in creating a ‘unique’ dining experience in time for Freshers’ Week.

• Prison rehabilitation researcher wins presenting challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/short-sentence-prison-rehabilitation-researcher-wins-presenting-challenge

  The Graduate School is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s 3 Minute Thesis competition, held on 20 May 2015. The competition featured eleven excellent presentations from both full time and part time postgraduate researchers.

• Academic co-curates special exhibition on Joe Orton

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/academic-co-curates-special-exhibition-on-joe-orton

  The National Justice Museum has launched its first-ever crowdfunding campaign to celebrate the work of Leicester playwright, Joe Orton.

• A small but highly significant step for Britain in space

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/a-small-but-highly-significant-step-for-britain-in-space

  Professor Ken Pounds (pictured),  Emeritus Professor of Space Physics and a local pioneer of Space Research, has hailed the significance of Tim Peake becoming the first British astronaut in orbit, but warned there is so far no funding beyond his present mission on...

• A change of scenery mankinds unprecedented transformation of Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/a-change-of-scenery-mankind2019s-unprecedented-transformation-of-earth

  Human beings are pushing the planet in an entirely new direction with revolutionary implications for its life, a new study by researchers from the Department of Geology and published in The Anthropocene Review suggests.

• Centre to bring pathology testing to breathless patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/centre-to-bring-pathology-testing-to-breathless-patients

  East Midlands researchers are leading the establishment of a new Centre to develop breath analysis tests that could help in the rapid diagnosis and treatment for a range of conditions, including cancers, respiratory infections and diseases such as asthma and chronic...

• Bestselling crime author to give University public lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/bestselling-crime-author-to-give-university-public-lecture

  Bestselling American crime author Patricia Cornwell (pictured) will give a free public lecture as part of the University of Leicester’s Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series and Literary Leicester festival 2016.

• Dig to explore story of Castle Hill

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/dig-to-explore-story-of-castle-hill

  An ancient monument at the heart of Leicester’s Castle Hill Country Park is due to be investigated later this month as part of a community archaeological project.

• Writer and political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to assess the state of Britain today

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/writer-and-political-commentator-yasmin-alibhai-brown-to-assess-the-state-of-britain-today

  A journalist considered one of the few female Muslim voices on the political stage is to speak on the state of Britain at a University lecture that celebrates diversity and community cohesion.