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Asteroid fragments narrow down timeframe for giant planets’ current orbits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/giant-planet-instability
University of Leicester-led study suggests that the orbital instability of the giant planets happened between 60-100 million years after the beginning of the Solar System, with evidence found in meteorites linked to asteroid believed to be remains of a destroyed planetesimal
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All rise! Height-adjustable desks can reduce workplace sitting by over an hour a day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/standing-desk-research
Researchers have developed a programme that, when paired with a height-adjustable desk, can reduce the time people spend sitting by over an hour.
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MA Museum Studies Placement Week 7-8
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/09/09/ma-museum-studies-placement-week-7-8/
Posted by can19 in Library Special Collections on September 9, 2022 My time now at the University of Leicester Archives and Special Collections has ended, and I am proud of what I have achieved.
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Lis-Bibliometrics Conference 2024: Exploring The Bibliometric Universe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/10/16/lis-bibliometrics-conference-2024-exploring-the-bibliometric-universe/
Posted by William Farrell in Library and Learning Services on October 16, 2024 Merinne Whitton, research metrics lead in the Research Services team, reports back from the recent Lis-Bibliometrics Conference.
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Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2017/05/29/evelyn-waugh-reader-writer-collector/
An idiosyncratic reflection by Robert Murray Davis on a Waugh symposium held at the Huntington, Pasadena, over 5-6 May 2017.
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MA Museum Studies Placement Weeks 3-4
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/08/12/ma-museum-studies-placement-weeks-3-4/
Posted by can19 in Library Special Collections on August 12, 2022 Teddies in 3 Activity Sheet for Red Textbook 2 Cataloguing the Rose Griffiths Archive During week 3 I began to get deeper into the cataloguing process, and I also began to re-box all the material.
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apatel: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/author/ap147/page/2/
As a Learning Developer for Leicester Learning Institute, I create opportunities for learners to understand and develop the academic literacies, skills and approaches required by their "academic culture" or discipline.
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‘Belonging’ and ‘Resilience’ in Higher Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/11/15/belonging-and-resilience-in-higher-education/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 15, 2017 Back in July, I gave a brief presentation at the University of Leicester’s Annual Learning and Teaching Conference.
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Ministerial visit highlights efforts to enhance empathy in healthcare led by the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/ministerial-visit
The Minister for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health, has spent a morning speaking to University of Leicester experts about how empathy can help reduce health outcome disparities by ethnic groups
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Alumni stars are recognised at glittering awards night in London
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/alumni-stars-awards-night-london
The University of Leicester recognised its inspiring alumni for their achievements at a special awards evening held in London.