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The Marketplace of Life? The Political-Economy of Emergent Water Markets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2013/12/04/the-marketplace-of-life-the-political-economy-of-emergent-water-markets-2/
Posted by Georgios Patsiaouras in School of Business Blog on December 4, 2013 The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives (American Indian Saying) In 1776 Adam Smith introduced the paradox of value: diamonds are much more expensive than water, even...
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Resources for Educators
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-projects/learning-environment/inclusive-curriculum-toolkit/resources
Part of Leicester Medical School's Racial Inclusion in the Curriculum Toolkit; resources and links to further reading
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New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/26/new-telescope-to-be-the-goto-for-gravitational-wave-events/
Leicester space scientists will contribute to a huge new telescope, made up of identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, to track down sources of gravitational waves.
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 20
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/20/
Nobel Prize: How Penrose, Genzel and Ghez helped put black holes at the centre of modern astrophysics Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 October 2020 The award of this year’s Nobel prize in physics to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and...
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The Importance of Authenticity – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/01/05/the-importance-of-authenticity/
Discusses the concept of authenticity in relation to food and alcohol studies scholarship; the role of time, history, the past and temporal categories in analysing authenticity in relation to food and drink
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Convict Labor and Its Commemoration: the Mitsui Miike Coal Mine Experience
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/01/09/convict-labor-and-its-commemoration-the-mitsui-miike-coal-mine-experience/
Posted by abarker in Carceral Archipelago on January 9, 2017 By Miyamoto Takashi Note : This article is reprinted with permission from the author. It originally appeared in The Asia-Pacific Journal . Introduction Figure 1: Entrance of the Miyanohara tunnel, the Miike Coal Mine.
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Medical Microbiology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb2020
Module code: MB2020 This module will cover the biology of pathogens causing major infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, cholera, diphtheria, syphilis and others.
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Specialist Assessment and Teaching of Pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties - Dyslexia 1
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ed7110-ed7111
Module codes: ED7110, ED7111 This option is designed for teachers (and other educational professionals) who want to develop their knowledge and skills in relation to pupils (ages 5-19) who may have dyslexia.
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An Introduction to World Archaeology BC
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar1004
Module code: AR1004 When were the earliest stone tools made? Why did people invent metalwork? Why did people build monuments? What was it like to live in the distant past? Tracing our history from the first use of stone tools at least 2.
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Groups and Symmetry
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ma3131
Module code: MA3131 Groups measure symmetry in the same way as numbers measure size. This is most evident in the study of symmetry in 2- and 3-dimensional geometric figures.