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Leicester alumni return ‘home’ for Centenary celebration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/alumni-celebration
Guests were later treated to a keynote by guest speaker Grayson Perry CBE, who captivated the audience during an entertaining speech about his life as a celebrated visual artist and his connection to education.
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Canadian Rugby World Cup visit coincides with World War One study into autograph books by servicemen
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/canadian-rugby-world-cup-visit-coincides-with-world-war-one-study-into-2018autograph-books2019-by-servicemen
As the Canadian rugby team takes on Romania in Leicester today, researchers have been examining new evidence about a very different group of Canadian men who spent time in Leicester exactly 100 years ago.
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Enterprising PhD researchers praised for financial planning
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/enterprising-phd-researchers-praised-for-financial-planning
A group of Postgraduate researchers from our University have taken part in a prestigious competition at national level to build business skills in budding entrepreneurs, winning the award for best financial planning strategy.
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Distance learning opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives/distance-learning
HyPIR’s DL Master’s sanctuary scholarships were also the subject of doctoral research carried out by Dr Gabi Witthaus, and a corresponding paper entitled 'Refugees and Online Engagement in Higher Education: A Capabilitarian Model'.
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Demand for free colonial history lessons spikes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/colonial-countryside
Free home schooling packs about Britain’s colonial past have seen a surge in popularity. Requests for the Colonial Countryside packs, written by author and history teacher Dan Lyndon-Cohen, have gone from one or two a week to more than 30 a day.
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The Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-Econ) Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/06/the-diversifying-and-decolonising-economics-d-econ-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 6, 2024 An online resource showcasing research of scholars from under-represented backgrounds taking non-mainstream approaches to economics.
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Dr. Suzie Imber on Cosmic Shambles
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/28/dr-suzie-imber-on-cosmic-shambles/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 June 2021 Suzie Imber from the School of Physics and Astronomy was one of the guests on this weeks Science Shambles podcast and live Q&A, and you can catch up on Youtube.
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Super-Resolution Radial Fluctuations
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/equipment/superresolution-microscopy/srrf
Super-Resolution Radial Fluctuations (SSRF) is a calculation to generate in general 2D super-resolution image from an image sequence which can be acquired on most common fluorescence microscopes, without the necessity for special sample preparation.
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Governance and Accountability
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/finance-governance-and-enterprise/governance-and-accountability
The understanding of governance, its forms, and its impact has changed enormously over the last few decades.
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Professor Adam Boddison
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/alumni-newsletter/mba-edition-three-december-2022/professor-adam-boddison
Professor Adam Boddison was CEO for the National Association for Special Educational Needs when he began his MBA journey and acutely aware money spent on his development as a leader might otherwise have been spent directly supporting the charity's objectives.