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• Scholarships offer for Museum Studies students

  Date: 27 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/scholarships-offer-for-museum-studies-students

  Our world-leading School of Museum Studies is celebrating its 50th anniversary by offering a total of six scholarships to prospective students...

• University celebrates 50th anniversary of UKs first mass communication research centre

  Date: 25 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-uks-first-mass-communication-research-centre

  2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the University's Centre for Mass Communication Research – the first Centre of its kind studying mass...

• Unruly bodies and minds in the medical museum

  Date: 18 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/unruly-bodies-and-minds-in-the-medical-museum

  Our Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) in the School of Museum Studies is leading on Exceptional and Extraordinary, a collaborative...

• Disparity in cultural sector funding deprives regional museums libraries and heritage sites

  Date: 4 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/disparity-in-cultural-sector-funding-deprives-regional-museums-libraries-and-heritage-sites

  An academic from the School of Museum Studies has suggested that disparities in funding for the cultural sector at a regional level results in...

• Museum Studies sets stage for global dialogue

  Date: 19 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/museum-studies-sets-stage-for-global-dialogue

  The School of Museum Studies is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an event that examines the changing role of museums.

• Unruly bodies and minds in the medical museum

  Date: 24 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/unruly-bodies-and-minds-in-the-medical-museum

  Following Mat Fraser’s astonishing and award-winning commission Cabinet of Curiosities that toured UK museums in 2015, Exceptional & Extraordinary...

• The Bulletin Leicester looks back at Richard III reinterment

  Date: 23 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/the-bulletin-2013-leicester-looks-back-at-richard-iii-reinterment

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre, you can hear how the University of Leicester has been marking the...

• Researcher wins Newton Fund Grant for Disasters and Development Research Network

  Date: 23 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/researcher-wins-newton-fund-grant-for-disasters-and-development-research-network

  A new project led by Dr Jonathan Corpus Ong from the Department of Media and Communication seeks to explore how media and communication...

• Research to examine how children use social media to promote mental wellbeing and seek health advice

  Date: 22 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-to-examine-how-children-use-social-media-to-promote-mental-wellbeing-and-seek-health-advice

  A new project led by Dr Michelle O'Reilly from the Department of Sociology aims to explore the role social media plays in promoting mental health...

• Research shows social media is beneficial for sharing and building upon patient experiences

  Date: 21 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-shows-social-media-is-beneficial-for-sharing-and-building-upon-patient-experiences

  Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms can be useful tools for helping patients with rare medical diseases exchange knowledge and...