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Should Social Scientific Debate occur outside Academic Journals?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/01/14/should-social-scientific-debate-occur-outside-academic-journals/
Posted by Stephen Dunne in School of Business Blog on January 14, 2015 Lecturer in Social Theory and Consumption at the School, Stephen Dunne , attempts to renew a recent academic argument through a more accessible medium Social scientists engage in debates which matter to...
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Multiple award-winning poet, novelist and playwright to share personal story of resilience at Literary Leicester event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/fred-daguiar
Multiple award-winning poet, novelist and playwright will be giving the University of Leicester an exclusive insight into his personal story of resilience as part of this year’s Literary Leicester Festival.
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Alice Munro, Canadian ‘Master’ of the Short Story
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/11/01/alice-munro-canadian/
Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature, 2013
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Book Group: Brideshead Revisited
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/01/27/bookgroupbrideshead/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on January 27, 2014 Interpretations of Brideshead Revisited On Saturday 25th January 2014, the whole group met for the first time at Leicester Central Library to discuss Brideshead Revisited .
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Increasing the Retirement Age won’t solve the Pensions Crisis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2013/12/05/increasing-the-pension-age-wont-solve-the-pensions-crisis/
Posted by in School of Business Blog on December 5, 2013 Jo Grady, Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations at the School, responds to George Osbourne’s Autumn Statement, particularly on its proposal to increase the retirement age to 70. Speaking on LBC 97.
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In Search of Nancy – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/01/20/insearchofnancy/
Research Associate Barbara Cooke's first trip to the Evelyn Waugh Archive, Somerset, in November 2013.
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University of Leicester remembers playwright Joe Orton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/university-of-leicester-remembers-playwright-joe-orton
Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton and the occasion is being marked by a host of events remembering his work and involving our University. Joe Orton (1933-1967) was a leading postwar playwright.
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University recognises human rights campaigner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-recognises-human-rights-campaigner
Our University has recognised the outstanding contribution of one of its alumni to exposing and protecting against human rights abuses worldwide. This year’s winner of the University’s Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award is Sheila B.
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Who is a leader?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/08/09/who-is-a-leader/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on August 9, 2018 One of my professors was sceptical when I told her I had been accepted onto the Leadership and Management Academic Foundation Programme.
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Gut bacteria influence responses to immunotherapy in patients with asbestos related cancer, Leicester study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/gut-bacteria
A cancer study by a Leicester expert has found that certain gut bacteria may influence whether or not a patient’s immune system is successful in fighting mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer;