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Collaborative project highlights women’s differing experiences of lockdown

Collaborative project highlights women’s differing experiences of lockdown

A [Socially Isolated] Room of One’s Own: Women Writing Lockdown is a multi-disciplinary project which aims to capture the thoughts and feelings of women who endured the UK’s first phase of lockdown, when people’s lives were transformed due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Sixth Form and FE students over 16 invited to write a new Edna Welthorpe letter in the spirit of Joe Orton

Sixth Form and FE students over 16 invited to write a new Edna Welthorpe letter in the spirit of Joe Orton

Joe Orton penned spoof letters of complaint that satirised social and sexual conservatism. He wrote letters mocking snobbery and homophobia under the pseudonym ‘Mrs Edna Welthorpe’, and sent them to a variety of institutions including Smedley’s Jam, Littlewoods catalogue and the Ritz Hotel.

Victims of Hate Crime being failed

Victims of Hate Crime being failed

Current responses to Hate Crime in the UK are failing and letting down victims, says new report entitled Identifying and Dismantling Barriers to Justice. New research by University of Leicester experts highlights the barriers that victims face in accessing justice and identifies ways of overcoming t

Academics argue sexualised drinks adverts undermine anti-rape campaigns

Academics argue sexualised drinks adverts undermine anti-rape campaigns

University of Leicester academics argue sexualised drinks advertising undermines anti-rape campaigns. Academics examined the effectiveness of a rape prevention campaign in bars and nightclubs in Liverpool.

Major hate crime study to shape new and improved support services for victims

Major hate crime study to shape new and improved support services for victims

A major new study to investigate hate crime in the West Midlands and to shape the development of improved support services for victims is being led by the University of Leicester. The project’s aims are closely aligned with the priorities set out within the Commissioner’s Police and Crime Plan which

Joe Orton’s plays retyped onto single sheet of paper to commemorate 50th anniversary of his death

Joe Orton’s plays retyped onto single sheet of paper to commemorate 50th anniversary of his death

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton, performance artist Tim Youd will retype his Collected Plays on a single sheet of paper starting January 20 and finishing, February 5, 2017.

Politicians and media fuel Hate Crime in Britian say academic experts

Politicians and media fuel Hate Crime in Britian say academic experts

Experts in the study of Hate Crime at the University of Leicester describe the recent rise in post-Brexit hate as being “fuelled and legitimised by politicians and by the media.”

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