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• Book Group: The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/04/07/april-book-group-the-ordeal-of-gilbert-pinfold/

  An account of our Book Group discussion of The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, written up by Ian Truslove.

• Leicester scientist features in Canadian-British documentary providing new insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientist-features-in-canadian-british-documentary-providing-new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant

  New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in an international documentary featuring Dr Richard Thomas (pictured) from our School of...

• The Limits of Neoliberalism: An Interview with Will Davies*

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/04/15/the-limits-of-neoliberalism-an-interview-with-will-davies/

  Posted by Stephen Dunne in School of Business Blog on April 15, 2015   Stephen Dunne (henceforth SD): Can I ask you to recount, when you set out on the book , what you were trying to do and in relation to what body of work? WD: The main question I had, following on from...

• Surviving results day: Clearing, confidence, and finding the right fit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/surviving-results-day-clearing-confidence-finding-right-fit

  As thousands of people around the country await their A-level grades, the University of Leicester’s Head of UK Student Recruitment, Dan Flatt, explains the ins and outs of surviving results day.

• UK university returns century-old gesture by gifting books to Smithsonian

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/smithsonian

  The University of Leicester returned a 100-year-old gesture from the Smithsonian during a ceremony to cement the institutions’ transatlantic partnership.

• Potatoes and Peppa Pig: Young writers channel Leicester playwright

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/edna-welthorpe-winners

  A spoof letter of complaint written by a London school pupil has won a competition inspired by Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton.

• Common childhood eye disorder is best treated by patching earlier, new study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/lazy-eye

  Most children with a ‘lazy eye’ benefit from earlier patching, new research by University of Leicester experts show

• Use of technology

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/04/use-of-technology/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2013 2012 Cisco Connected World Technology Report (CCWTR) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns1120/index.

• Gamma-ray burst is ‘Rosetta Stone’ for finding neutron star collisions

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/gamma-ray-burst-neutron-star

  A highly unusual blast of high-energy light from a nearby galaxy has been linked by a team of scientists including astronomers at the University of Leicester to a neutron star merger.

• River researcher awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarship

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fulbright-rivers

  A Leicester expert in river systems has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to expand her research in the USA.