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• Leicester professor elected fellow of prestigious Academy of Social Science

  Date: 2 Apr 2025

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  A Â鶹ÊÓƵ academic has been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Science.

• Sex workers in research study call for greater legal protections against sexual violence

  Date: 10 Mar 2025

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  Researchers from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, University of Strathclyde, Queen's University, University of Nevada and University of Otago...

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Centre for Hate Studies Finalist at Royal Television Society Awards 2024

  Date: 4 Dec 2024

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Centre for Hate Studies was a finalist at the 2024 RTS Awards.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ film wins landmark award from the British Society of Criminology

  Date: 18 Jul 2024

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  A short film created by the Centre for Hate Studies (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received the Sophie and Sylvia Lancaster Prize 2024 from the...

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ film wins prestigious Learning On Screen Award

  Date: 10 May 2024

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Centre for Hate Studies has won a Learning On Screen Award 2024 for its short film, Revisiting the Harms of Hate.

• Major funding for flagship research project on AI in Law Enforcement

  Date: 8 May 2024

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  A project investigating the future use of probabilistic AI in law enforcement has received major funding from Responsible AI UK (RAI UK).

• Pioneering African mental health study receives millions in funding from Wellcome

  Date: 26 Feb 2024

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  A Wellcome-funded study led by the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and others, aims to identify...

• New scientific technique helps catch wildlife criminals

  Date: 12 Feb 2024

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  DNA tests co-developed by scientists from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Scotland’s wildlife forensic lab are helping to catch criminals involved...

• Prison noise examined in new book from Leicester alumnus

  Date: 24 Jan 2024

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  A researcher has used her time spent behind bars while at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ as the basis for a book on the effect of sound in prisons.

• Victim of racist abuse joins study to explore racism in rural England

  Date: 11 Dec 2023

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  A university researcher who’s been on the receiving end of targeted racist abuse in the English countryside is part of a Â鶹ÊÓƵ...