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Communication and Influence – An Essential Transferable Skill (or is it skills?).
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/03/29/communication-and-influence-an-essential-transferable-skill-or-is-it-skills/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on March 29, 2017 “The meaning of communication is the response you get” – Anthony Robbins.
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New award for improving agricultural monitoring from Space
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/03/25/new-award-for-improving-agricultural-monitoring-from-space/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 March 2020 Leicester physicists have recently been awarded a Met Office Newton grant to monitor vegetation health and stress from Space Food security has always been a major strategic issue related to...
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Entries Open for the Three-Minute Thesis Competition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/05/entries-open-for-the-three-minute-thesis-competition/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 5 January 2021 The University of Leicester is back hosting its own 3 Minute Thesis annual competition and this year it is open to Early Career Researchers and PostDocs.
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When did mindfulness become a thing?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/11/29/when-did-mindfulness-become-a-thing/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on November 29, 2017 “The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it is called the present.
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/author/leigh_fletcher/page/3/
Almost there now… Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on June 17, 2016 As the Independence Day fireworks erupt over the Rosebowl Stadium near Los Angeles, just across the highway from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fireworks...
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Looking Forward – Looking Back
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/08/29/looking-forward-looking-back/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 29, 2018 In the now dated ‘Western’ movie ‘Paint your Wagon’, Lee Marvin ‘sings’ (talks) his way through the song ‘I was born under a wandering star’.
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Career Commitment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2015/07/20/commitment/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on July 20, 2015 Along with the University’s team, I attended the final of Engineering YES 2015. The post event talk was given by Lord Digby Jones, former head of the Confederation of British Industry.
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Know your audience
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/11/09/know-your-audience/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on November 9, 2016 So often I see PGRs in consultations who are struggling to make the step from application to interview or the step from interview to job.
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Do we really get what we pay for?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/01/26/do-we-really-get-what-we-pay-for/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on January 26, 2017 Donald Trump and Brexit have both been capturing the headlines of late. In a democratic process the USA voted for Trump as President and the UK decided to leave the European Union.
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Tuesday 30th October Sol 83
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/30/tuesday-30th-october-sol-83/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 30, 2012 We have started the transition to going back to planning on Earth rather than Mars time. By the end of 90 sols this will be complete.