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• Graduate named Young Poet Laureate for London

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/graduate-named-young-poet-laureate-for-london

  Poet Selina Nwulu, who graduated from the University with a degree in French and Italian from the School of Modern Languages, has been named Young Poet Laureate for London. An article in The Guardian outlines how Selina started to write poetry and her plans ahead.

• Former Congressmen to be quizzed by students

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/former-congressmen-to-be-quizzed-by-students

  Two former members of Congress, the national legislative body of the United States, will discuss issues surrounding the upcoming US presidential elections.

• Barbarians from the West the Crusades seen from an Arabic perspective

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/barbarians-from-the-west-the-crusades-seen-from-an-arabic-perspective

  The writings of Arabic communities during the Crusades, long overlooked by most historians in the West, will be explored in a lecture that aims to provide a new perspective on this bloody period of history.

• Leicesters contribution to forensic history featured by BBC

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester2019s-contribution-to-forensic-history-featured-by-bbc

  BBC4’s new three-part documentary series exploring the history and development of forensic science includes contributions from academics at the University of Leicester, including Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discussing his invention of DNA fingerprinting.

• Conference to explore the lasting scars of conflict

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/conference-to-explore-the-lasting-scars-of-conflict

  Military welfare during the British Civil Wars and how the lasting scars of these conflicts influenced the nation for generations to come will be explored at a conference between 7-8 August at Newark Museum, Nottinghamshire, organised by the Centre for English Local History.

• Medieval skeletons discovered at Leicester Castle

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/medieval-skeletons-discovered-at-leicester-castle

  A team of Leicester archaeologists has uncovered medieval human remains at Leicester Castle. The skeletons, discovered by builders while laying new electrical cables, have yet to be radiocarbon dated or identified but it is thought they may be six or seven centuries old.

• HGV navigation app by Leicester scientists takes to the road

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/hgv-navigation-app-by-leicester-scientists-takes-to-the-road

  University of Leicester scientists will demonstrate a new application to help HGV drivers find safe routes in urban areas at a roadshow showcasing new technologies that aim to minimise traffic congestion, noise and air pollution.

• Listen to the very first episode of The Bulletin

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/listen-to-the-very-first-episode-of-the-bulletin

  You can now listen to the latest news from around the university via The Bulletin, produced by the University of Leicester News Centre.

• Study suggests NHS policies are failing to stop bullying by managers and staff sickness

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-nhs-policies-are-failing-to-stop-bullying-by-managers-and-staff-sickness

  Bullying and discrimination by NHS managers has led to absences among mental health workers, and past policies have failed to stop this, research shows.

• Diabetes Distance Learning Postgraduate courses approved

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/diabetes-distance-learning-postgraduate-courses-approved

  Students can now complete prestigious courses in diabetes from home or work. A Distance Learning Programme has been approved by the University of Leicester and will include Distance Learning PGCert/PGDip/MSc in diabetes.