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Social scientist joins crew of Tall Ship for D-Day landing commemoration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/social-scientist-joins-crew-of-tall-ship-for-d-day-landing-commemoration
Dr Jim McDermott (pictured), an Associate Tutor with the School of Management and a member of The Royal British Legion, is setting sail to retrace the routes taken by the ships and landing craft during D-Day on 6 June 1944 to the Normandy beaches.
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June Book Group: A Handful of Dust
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/06/16/handfulofdust/
Summary of the Waugh Book Groups discussion of A Handful of Dust in June 2014.
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Personal statements
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/how-to-apply/applications/personal-statements
Personal statements: what they are, why they’re important and what to include and avoid - plus some suggestions from our admissions tutors.
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The television: an electronic babysitter for the incarcerated?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/television
Read the article "The television: an electronic babysitter for the incarcerated?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Sport and Active Life privacy notice
https://le.ac.uk/policies/privacy/health/sports
The Sport and Active Life service is part of the University of Leicester. Further information on the institution can be found on the main University website. The University of Leicester is the Data Controller for your information.
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Spirit of the 1960s and 70s kept alive in new book about Neil Young
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-1960s-and-70s-kept-alive-in-new-book-about-neil-young
A new book on the musical travels of Neil Young, one of the most significant recording and performing artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, argues that the singer-songwriter is one of only a few music industry figures to still engage in social activism.
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Good cholesterol doesnt always lower heart attack risk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/2018good2019-cholesterol-doesn2019t-always-lower-heart-attack-risk
Some people with high levels of ‘good’ high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are at increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), contrary to earlier evidence that people with more HDL-C are usually at lower heart disease risk.
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Aspiring lawyers from poorer homes to benefit from 1M programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/aspiring-lawyers-from-poorer-homes-to-benefit-from-ps1m-programme
Thousands of aspiring lawyers from non-privileged homes will benefit from a £1m expansion of the Sutton Trust’s Pathways to Law programme, a pioneering initiative designed to widen access to the legal profession.
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Literary experts and historians from around the world gather in Leicester to celebrate George Eliot’s bicentenary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-george-eliot
George Eliot George Eliot illustration|The University of Leicester will this week (Wednesday 17 – Friday 19 July) play host to an international conference marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist George Eliot.
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New collaborative partnership between Centre for Hate Studies and the Norwegian Police University College
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/new-collaborative-partnership-between-centre-for-hate-studies-and-the-norwegian-police-university-college
Professor Neil Chakraborti, Head of the Department of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Hate Studies, and Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, Lecturer in Hate Studies, welcomed a congregation of delegates (pictured) to the University of Leicester on 7 February.