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• Research suggests exposure to violence during pregnancy increases risk of prematurity and low birthweight

  Date: 18 April 2016

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  Exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy could lead to an increase in the risk of prematurity and low birthweight, according...

• Whats the difference between margin trading and gambling

  Date: 13 April 2016

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  Margin trading allows an individual to borrow money from a broker in order to take much larger positions in financial assets and therefore...

• Over 200 academics sign up as University experts

  Date: 17 March 2016

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  More than 200 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to the University's Experts Guide, helping to highlight research taking place at our...

• Millions of people are reading opinion pieces written by Leicester researchers

  Date: 9 March 2016

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  Millions of people are reading opinion pieces authored by Leicester academics.

• Expert opinions cover stolen treasure sugar refugees the EU and market crashes

  Date: 8 March 2016

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  Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management has written an article for The Conversation discussing the origin of the national institute,...

• Could female traders reduce market crashes

  Date: 8 March 2016

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  Researchers in the Department of Economics at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have shown that increasing the proportion of female traders makes the...

• Expert opinions cover pornography habits apologising too much and Indonesian politics

  Date: 20 January 2016

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  Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an article about pornography habits for the Huffington Post.

• Economist featured in Financial Times front page story

  Date: 6 January 2016

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  Professor Panicos Demetriades (pictured) from the Department of Economics has been featured in the front page article of the Financial Times...

• Study finds final year individual bonuses are counter-productive

  Date: 24 November 2015

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  A new study by researchers in the UK and Australia has found it makes better business sense to reward team performance rather than provide...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 19 25 November

  Date: 20 November 2015

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  Dr Daniel Ladley from the Department of Economics has written an article for The Conversation discussing how cooperative groups work better than...