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Awards for our University from the Royal Astronomical Society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/awards-for-our-university-from-the-royal-astronomical-society
A leading academic from our University is to receive a prize this week from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Professor Mark Lester, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is Chair of the SuperDARN executive council and currently leads the project.
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Research Centre for Museums and Galleries receives special recognition at Museums + Heritage Awards 2024
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/rcmg
University of Leicester’s groundbreaking Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) was recognised at the Museums + Heritage Awards 2024.
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Hollywood star among six more honorary graduates of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/honorands2
Entrepreneurs Ian Mattioli MBE and Jimmy Mayer were both conferred a Doctorate of Laws for successful business careers and a history of philanthropy.
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Trauma-informed pedagogy
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives/trauma-informed-pedagogy
Check research on trauma informed pedagogy in the English classroom for refugee learners from University of Leicester Sanctuary Seekers' Unit and access free training resources or book workshop.
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Write an essay, get a kitten!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/write-an-essay-get-a-kitten/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 Originally compiled to assist students with dyslexia and special needs, AbilityNet’s great blog posting has tips on apps for motivation and focus when studying which will help everyone.
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Trends monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/30/trends-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 30, 2018 Trends Monitor is a research project being undertaken by Media Matters for Democracy to identify and document potential manipulation of political hashtags and conversations on Twitter in...
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AI and news media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/14/ai-and-news-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2024 What does the public in 6 countries think of AI usage in the news? Reuters Institute for Journalism has surveyed awareness and use of generative AI by members of the public in six...
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Awful Things Began to Happen: Rapid Change of Ainu Homeland and Convict Labour as Seen by the Ainu,
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/01/27/awful-things-began-to-happen-rapid-change-of-ainu-homeland-and-convict-labour-as-seen-by-the-ainu-by-minako-sakata/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on January 27, 2015 The Kamikawa region is one of areas that today still has relatively a large population of the Ainu.
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Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/women-in-engineering
University of Leicester engineers Dr Jinning Zhang and Dr Emine Celiker speak on their experience in the discipline and the importance of more women working in science
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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 11
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/11/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester