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A Chimera?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/06/03/a-chimera/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on June 3, 2020 So the lockdown is being lifted piece by piece. Different pace in different countries, even different pace in different countries within the UK.
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Social movements and the next phase of healthcare improvement: The View from 2004
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2019/03/23/social-movements-and-the-next-phase-of-healthcare-improvement-the-view-from-2004/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on March 23, 2019 What do NHS leaders do when they want to start a grass roots movement? Well, according to Bate, Robert and Bevan, they get 15 policy makers together and hold a colloquium.
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Invisible Hands, and the Market as Storytelling
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/10/23/invisible-hands-and-the-market-as-storytelling/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on October 23, 2017 Valerie Hamilton, co-author of Daniel Defoe and the Bank of England with Martin Parker from ULSB muses on the way in which Adam Smith and subsequent economists have used the famous metaphor of an...
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The Marketplace of Life? The Political-Economy of Emergent Water Markets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2013/12/04/the-marketplace-of-life-the-political-economy-of-emergent-water-markets-2/
Posted by Georgios Patsiaouras in School of Business Blog on December 4, 2013 The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives (American Indian Saying) In 1776 Adam Smith introduced the paradox of value: diamonds are much more expensive than water, even...
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Big data technology helps to find ideal river locations for hydro-power generation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/big-data-technology-helps-to-find-ideal-river-locations-for-hydro-power-generation
A technology in development with the University has the potential to revolutionise the sourcing of renewable energy from rivers. A software app developed collaboratively by the University of Leicester and High Efficiency Heating UK Ltd.
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Leicester academic to provide legal and ethical advice on museum closures in sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-academic-to-provide-legal-and-ethical-advice-on-museum-closures-in-sector
An academic from our School of Law will be providing ethical and legal advice on museum closures as part of a working group set up to draft guidance for museum staff and governing bodies.
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Leicester featured in Telegraphs nicest things to have happened in 2016 list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-featured-in-telegraphs-nicest-things-to-have-happened-in-2016-list
The University has featured in a list of the 12 nicest things to happen so far in 2016, compiled by The Telegraph.
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The unruly Christmas party of the Tudor period
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/the-unruly-christmas-party-of-the-tudor-period
Christmas can be a time for drunken parties, rowdy festive shenanigans and embarrassing behaviour, but getting intoxicated at Christmas and causing mischief is not an exclusively modern phenomenon, according to Leicester researchers.
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Patients join our University in enhancing medical training
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/patients-join-our-university-in-enhancing-medical-training
An innovative initiative that aims to put the real-life experiences of local patients at the heart of medical education is to be launched this month.
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The Leicester Weekend University welcomes public to its biggest reunion yet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/the-leicester-weekend-university-welcomes-public-to-its-biggest-reunion-yet
We are inviting staff, students, alumni, family and friends and the local community to celebrate our biggest reunion to date – ‘The Leicester Weekend 2016’.