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Major international conference on adult education coming to the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/major-international-conference-on-adult-education-coming-to-the-university-of-leicester
The Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCUTREA) will be hosted by the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Leicester in July 2016.
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Students Union pays tribute to victims of the Paris terror attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/students-union-pay-tribute-to-victims-of-the-paris-terror-attacks
People gathered at the Clock Tower in Leicester on Sunday evening to remember those killed and injured in the Paris terrorist attacks on Friday 13 November.
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The Reverend Canon Angela Tilby to speak on Work Wealth and Human Flourishing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-reverend-canon-angela-tilby-to-speak-on-2018work-wealth-and-human-flourishing2019
The Reverend Canon Angela Tilby (pictured) will present this year’s Provost Derek Hole Annual Lecture which will take place in the Rattray Lecture Theatre on Thursday 3 December at 5.30pm and is free and open to the public.
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Celebrating 25 years of Hubble
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/celebrating-25-years-of-the-hubble
On 24 April 1990, NASA launched one of the most ambitious experiments in the history of astronomy: the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Research shows centuryold culture of blame still prominent today
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-shows-a-century-old-2018culture-of-blame2019-is-still-prominent-today
Representatives from over 20 different healthcare organisations will be convening at the University on 11 June to discuss how old patterns of patient safety and historical complaints against doctors are still being replicated in the modern welfare system – and what lessons...
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A change of scenery mankinds unprecedented transformation of Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/a-change-of-scenery-mankind2019s-unprecedented-transformation-of-earth
Human beings are pushing the planet in an entirely new direction with revolutionary implications for its life, a new study by researchers from the Department of Geology and published in The Anthropocene Review suggests.
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Students awarded further funding to develop innovative mobile app
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/museum-studies-master2019s-students-awarded-further-funding-to-develop-innovative-mobile-app
A team from the University of Leicester has been announced as Summer of Student Innovation winners, bagging funding and support develop their edtech idea in collaboration with Jisc – a UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital...
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Pro-Vice-Chancellor joins team assessing Higher Education teaching quality UK-wide
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/pro-vice-chancellor-joins-team-assessing-higher-education-teaching-quality-uk-wide
Professor Jon Scott, our University's Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience, is among the appointments announced by HEFCE to its Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) panel which includes academics, students, employers and widening participation experts.
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PhD students present forensic research at prestigious international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-students-present-forensic-research-at-prestigious-international-conference
Students from the INTREPID Forensics programme, based at the University of Leicester, presented their work at the 2nd Congress of the European Division of the International Association of Identification (IAI), which was held at the INTERPOL Headquarters in Lyon, France on...
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Attenborough Arts contributes to Leicester Art Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/attenborough-arts-contributes-to-leicester-art-week
Attenborough Arts, the University's arts centre, is hosting a selection of free public events marking Leicester Art Week.