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Trident and Triremes: funding for research into nuclear weapons and Ancient Greece
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/10-erc-grants
Two University of Leicester academics have received more than three and a half million euros from the European Research Council for major projects investigating the ancient past and the world of the future.
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More doctors to be trained in Leicester than ever before
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/more-doctors-to-be-trained-in-leicester-than-ever-before
More much-needed doctors are to be trained at the University of Leicester following the Government’s announcement of the biggest ever expansion of undergraduate medical training.
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Research aims to improve reading for older people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/3-university-of-leicester-research-aims-to-improve-reading-for-older-people
A University of Leicester project examining how the effects of ageing impact on our ability to read has received £200K funding
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Goal 4: Quality Education
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/quality-education
The fourth Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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Counting the cost of Britains most damaging conflict
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/counting-the-cost-of-britain2019s-most-damaging-conflict
A new Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project is supporting a team of academics from Leicester, Nottingham, Cardiff and Southampton universities who are revealing the human cost of the British Civil Wars.
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The miniature car created by a group of students that could change the future of driverless cars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/the-miniature-car-created-by-a-group-of-students-that-could-change-the-future-of-driverless-cars
A group of final year Engineering students, supervised by Dr Alistair McEwan, have developed a miniature autonomous drive-by-wire vehicle which will provide knowledge that could speed up the development of driverless cars.
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Beautiful and Artistic – Marbled Endpapers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/06/30/beautiful-and-artistic-marbled-endpapers/
Posted by Karin Li in Library and Learning Services on June 30, 2023 During my time here in Archives and Special Collections I want to highlight something I have found interesting – the distinct patterns found in some rare books.
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A day in the life: research services out and about in Nottingham May 2023
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/06/26/a-day-in-the-life-research-services-out-and-about-in-nottingham-may-2023/
Posted by Laurian Williamson in Library and Learning Services on June 26, 2023 This is the final blog post [3/3] focussing on three different open research events attended by members of the University Library Research Services Team.
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Women work for free for 100 minutes per day…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/28/women-work-for-free-for-100-minutes-per-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2015 ccording to the National Management Salary Survey published by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and salary specialist XpertHR.
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The Riots Communities and Victims Panel: Interim report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/02/the-riots-communities-and-victims-panel-interim-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 2, 2011 Following the riots that occurred in towns and cities across England between 6 and 10 August 2011, the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition established...