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The University of the West Indies and University of Leicester International Summer School
https://le.ac.uk/cssah/uwi-summer-school
The Summer School is an annual programme run by the University of the West Indies and the University of Leicester, aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers from the Caribbean, the UK and Canada with an interest in global studies and a background in any...
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Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903-1966)
https://le.ac.uk/evelyn-waugh/about/evelyn-waugh-biography
Read the biography of Evelyn Waugh, one of the twentieth century's most diverse and prolific writers. Find out more about the life of Evelyn Waugh and the complete works project at the University of Leicester.
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Teaching meets the Gold standard at University of Leicester in national ratings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/tef-gold
University of Leicester is delighted to receive an overall Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023, which means the student experience and student outcomes are typically outstanding.
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Novel approach identifies people at risk of developing TB
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/tb-study
A novel approach to studying the progression of tuberculosis (TB) from infection to disease has identified and treated people at increased risk of developing the disease that current methods of testing would not.
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Poll Books in Special Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/04/22/poll-books-in-special-collections/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 22, 2015 With a General Election campaign in full swing, it seems like a good time for some blog posts about the sources we hold on the history of British parliamentary elections.
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Cartooning in South Africa: Jonathan Zapiro on the Post-Apartheid ‘Rainbow Nation’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/01/11/cartooning-south-africa-jonathan-zapiro-post-apartheid-rainbow-nation/
Political cartoonist Jonathan Zapiro (South Africa) is interviewed by Shout Out UK Young Writer Laura Brick.
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Lee Anderson’s Islamophobia 101: how the Conservatives dodge responsibility for the prejudice that i
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2024/03/07/lee-andersons-islamophobia-101-how-the-conservatives-dodge-responsibility-for-the-prejudice-that-is-rife-in-their-ranks/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on March 7, 2024 Chris Allen – Associate Professor This article was first published at The Conversation. To read, click here .
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Pedagogy and the COVID-19 Pandemic; the Covid in Cartoons project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/01/11/pedagogy-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-the-covid-in-cartoons-project/
Presentation of the AHRC-funded Covid in Cartoons project, a collaboration between University of Leicester, Shout Out UK and Cartooning for Peace.
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What I Wish I had Known Before Doing This PhD
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2021/01/21/what-i-wish-i-had-known-before-doing-this-phd/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on January 21, 2021 Today’s post is from Graham Frobisher, who is currently studying part-time for a PhD. Let’s get the elephant firmly out of the room, at the age of 73 I am not a typical or even normal PhD student.
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Rest in Pieces: The story of a hanged woman and her journey to becoming a museum object. By Ali Well
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/07/27/rest-in-pieces/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on July 27, 2016 When referring to “skeletons in the cupboard” we rarely expect these to be literally true, but in the case of Mary Ann Higgins and the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry, it is.