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HumanKind
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/humankind
We are looking afresh at Calke Abbey’s past, reassessing the stories told about this place and exploring their potential to foster more meaningful connections.
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New DNA analysis helps bust 200-year-old royal conspiracy theory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/kaspar-hauser
DNA analysis carried out at University of Leicester refutes the theory that Kaspar Hauser was a ‘lost prince’ of the House of Baden.
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Moon may have influenced Stonehenge builders says English Heritage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/moon-stonehenge
Lunar standstill in 2024 offers rare opportunity to investigate. English Heritage teams up with leading astronomical experts in UK, including the University of Leicester, and USA
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Leicester engineers to stress test new technology to store waste heat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/energy-storage
A Europe-wide project developing a new electrothermal energy storage system involves materials experts at the University of Leicester and will take advantage of phase change materials (PCMs) to efficiently store heat
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Leicestershire Innovation Festival launches from Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/innovation-festival
Will Wells, Commercial Director at the University of Leicester, later led guests on a tour of the cutting-edge facilities at Space Park Leicester, ahead of the cluster’s formal launch in March.
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Wider-reaching solutions urgently needed to reach realistic ‘net zero’, warn researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/landscape-decisions-net-zero
The group do, however, recognise that “swift action is essential, otherwise we head deeper towards an inability to reach net zero carbon targets, contribute to biodiversity collapse and, promote societal disengagement with landscapes”.
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Learning more about digital accessibility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/04/11/learning-more-about-digital-accessibility/
Posted by Catherine Leyland in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on April 11, 2017 Image by the Leicester Learning Institute I recently completed a MOOC called Digital Accessibility, run by the University of Southampton through FutureLearn.
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Using Creative Activities in Criminology Workshops: A Reflection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/06/23/using-creative-activities-in-criminology-workshops-a-reflection/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on June 23, 2023 By Angus Li PhD Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant This is it – my first year of teaching at the University of Leicester is over.
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Tackling complex issues with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/03/06/tackling-complex-issues-with-lego-serious-play/
Posted by in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on March 6, 2017 I suspect we’ve all come across LEGO at some point in our lives: either through fond memories of childhood building, or slightly more painful memories as parents stepping on stray...
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Announcing 2022 Summer Internships for Leicester Undergraduates
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/17/announcing-2022-summer-internships-for-leicester-undergraduates/
Applications are open for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) scheme for 3rd and 4th year Leicester undergraduates.