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Addressing Liberty: Hayek, Gibraltar and The Road to Serfdom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/02/04/addressing-liberty-hayek-gibraltar-and-the-road-to-serfdom/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on February 4, 2015 Lecturer in Management and Economic History at the School, Chris Grocott , outlines a little known escapade of a largely known economist Friedrich Hayek’s ideas on how economies should...
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Weber, Tolstoj and the Usefulness of Universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/09/04/weber-tolstoj-and-the-usefulness-of-universities/
Posted by Doris Ruth Eikhof in School of Business Blog on September 4, 2014 Doris Ruth Eikhof, Senior Lecturer in Work and Employment at the School, shares some earlier* thoughts on the Research Excellence Framework (REF) In the past two years UK universities have...
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The Knowledge ‘versus’ Skills Debate, Part 2: What about ‘transferable skills’?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/24/the-knowledge-versus-skills-debate-part-2-what-about-transferable-skills/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 24, 2018 In the first part of this post, I discussed the need to develop more broad and inclusive understandings of knowledge and to move away from unhelpfully simplistic and...
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A chance to talk about gibbeting and hanging in France? Yes, please! By Emma Battell Lowman
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/02/22/parlons-du-gibbet-en-france/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on February 22, 2016 One of the joys of academic work is participating in study days or workshops that bring together a diverse group of scholars to approach a theme or issue from multiple vantage.
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Susan Page
https://le.ac.uk/people/susan-page
Information and contact details for Professor Susan Page, Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Leicester.
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Personal statements
https://le.ac.uk/career-development-service/applications-and-cvs/personal-statments
Your personal statement should showcase your experience and skills. Learn how to write one to further your career.
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Interviews
https://le.ac.uk/career-development-service/interviews-and-assessments/interviews
Learn more about the different types of interviews and how you can prepare for them.
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History graduate discusses experience covering game changing Rio Paralympics for Channel 4
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/history-graduate-discusses-experience-covering-2018game-changing2019-rio-paralympics-for-channel-4
A graduate from the School of History, Politics and International Relations has discussed his role in covering the Rio Paralympics for Channel 4 – and how the event could be a ‘game changer’ in reforming attitudes towards disability in Brazil.
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English for Maths Summer Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/summer/dli-summer-programmes/maths
Study on the English for Maths Summer Programme at the University of Leicester. Improve your ability to communicate in English in a maths context.
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English for Engineers Summer Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/summer/dli-summer-programmes/engineers
A short course to develop participants’ ability to communicate when using English in a chemistry context and to allow students to experience what is like to study chemistry in a British University.