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Research shows human impact forms striking new pattern in Earths global energy flow
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-shows-human-impact-forms-2018striking-new-pattern2019-in-earth2019s-global-energy-flow
The impact humans have made on Earth in terms of how we produce and consume resources has formed a ‘striking new pattern’ in the planet’s global energy flow, according to research led by Professors Mark Williams and Jan Zalasiewicz from the Department of Geology.
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Medicine and welfare in British Civil Wars to be examined at new exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/medicine-and-welfare-in-british-civil-wars-to-be-examined-at-new-exhibition
Surgeons who could remove a bladder stone in 50 seconds, military hospitals run with stern hygiene standards and a complex system of war pensions for the maimed, widowed and orphaned.
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Leicester academic curates major art exhibition in Rome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academic-curates-major-art-exhibition-in-rome
A University of Leicester academic has curated a major art exhibition currently being shown at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. Professor David Ekserdjian, from the University of Leicester’s Department of History of Art and Film, curated “Correggio e Parmigianino.
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Diversity education in medical schools to be addressed at national conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/diversity-education-in-medical-schools-to-be-addressed-at-national-conference
A national conference is to address issues relating to diversity in medical education.
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Geographer to receive national award for promoting diversity in teaching
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/geographer-to-receive-national-award-for-promoting-diversity-in-teaching
The efforts of Dr Margaret Byron (pictured) from the Department of Geography to bring the subjects of race and diversity into geography education have been recognised by a prestigious professional body.
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Diabetes professors support ban on junk food adverts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/diabetes-professors-support-ban-on-junk-food-adverts
Junk food advertising aimed at children has “no place in a fit and proper society”, according to a leading diabetes expert in light of a further clampdown.
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New project to save sole surviving population of rare wildflower
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-project-to-save-sole-surviving-population-of-rare-wildflower
A new conservation project at the Botanic Garden hopes to save a rare wildflower that is almost extinct throughout Leicestershire and Rutland - and has a declining population nationwide.
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World-renowned sociologist to deliver Anthropocene lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/17-bruno-latour-anthropocene-lecture
Professor Bruno Latour, the award-winning and renowned sociologist, philosopher and anthropologist, will deliver a lecture on the Anthropocene at the University of Leicester on Monday 3 June 2019.
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Staff Exchange 教师交流
https://le.ac.uk/dalian/staff-exchange
Promoting the development of education in both countries and facilitating academic collaboration between Dalian University of Technology and the University of Leicester.
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1M funding to support academics engaging with industry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/funding-to-support-academics-engaging-with-industry
The College of Life Sciences has successfully secured over £1M from two Medical Research Council (MRC) translational funding schemes: Proximity to Discovery, P2D (£296K) and Confidence in Concept, CiC (£767K).