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Lit&Phil Society: Ernest Rutherford: from Kiwi farm boy to President of the Royal Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/08/litphil-society-ernest-rutherford-from-kiwi-farm-boy-to-president-of-the-royal-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2022 Professor Mary Fowler will give a talk to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on Monday, 14th November, about her Great Grandfather, Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics.
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National Centre for Earth Observation awarded renewed investment in national research capabilities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/nceo-ukri
£8.6 million has been awarded to the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), hosted by the University of Leicester
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Thesis examination
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-9/appendix-1/thesis-examination
(1)9.57 The research student must successfully defend their thesis in a viva voce examination before a research degree by published work shall be awarded. Examining teams (1)9.58 The viva voce examination must be conducted by an examining team.
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Research suggests people who want to prevent immigration to the UK are less happy than those who welcome it
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/research-suggests-people-who-want-to-prevent-immigration-to-the-uk-are-less-happy-than-those-who-welcome-it
People who want to stop further immigration to the UK are less happy than those who welcome it, and politicians are part of the reason for this, new research shows.
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Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer's field in Rutland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/rutland-mosaic
John Thomas, Deputy Director of ULAS and project manager on the excavations, said: “This is certainly the most exciting Roman mosaic discovery in the UK in the last Century.
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Protesting against the Vietnam War in October 1965
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/05/protesting-against-the-vietnam-war-in-october-1965/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 5, 2015 Fifty years ago, in October 1965, mass demonstrations against the Vietnam War took place in the US and pacifist David J.
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Open Days
https://le.ac.uk/open-days
Book an Open Day at the University of Leicester. Take a tour of campus, speak to our expert academics and meet our current students. Become a Citizen of Change at a Top 30 university.
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Ethnic differences in need for heart pacemakers may have genetic link
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/ethnic-differences-in-need-for-heart-pacemakers-may-have-genetic-link
Researchers have found evidence to show that South Asian people (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) are less likely to require a pacemaker for an abnormally low heart rate compared to white people of European origin.
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Improving patient safety
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/impact-case-studies/improving-patient-safety
National Patient Safety Agency estimates avoidable harm from medication prescribing costs more than £750million each year, a significant portion attributed to medication and administering error.
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Effigies, Real Bodies and Iconoclasm. By Sarah Tarlow
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/02/08/effigies-real-bodies-and-iconoclasm-by-sarah-tarlow/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on February 8, 2016 Last week I was in Chester to examine a PhD thesis there (congratulations to Dr Ruth Nugent – the third person to complete a PhD in the young and dynamic archaeology department there,...