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• Alternative Models for Higher Education

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/12/02/alternative-models-for-higher-education/

  Posted by Marton Racz in School of Business Blog on December 2, 2015 An ongoing discussion of alternative models of Higher Education, as Marton Racz reports, is generating a series of proposals as to how universities might work along more cooperative lines.

• The Sweet and Twenties

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/08/20/the-sweet-and-twenties/

  A review of Beverley Nichols' memoir The Sweet and Twenties

• Leicester space scientist proves she has what it takes to become an astronaut

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientist-proves-she-has-what-it-takes-to-become-an-astronaut

  Dr Suzie Imber, from the University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, is a step closer to becoming an astronaut after being crowned the winner of the six-part BBC show ‘Astronauts: Have You Got What It Takes?’ Suzie fought off tough competition from 11 other...

• World Digital Preservation Day 2023: making digital preservation greener

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/11/02/world-digital-preservation-day-2023-making-digital-preservation-greener/

  Posted by vholmes in Library and Learning Services on November 2, 2023 Logo for World Digital Preservation Day, 2 November 2023 The theme for WPDP2023 (2 November) is Digital Preservation: A Concerted Effort . This post is a write-up of an online talk to celebrate the day.

• Professor Phil Baker named as new Executive Management Group Chair for Midlands Innovation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/phil-baker-midlands-innovation

  Midlands Innovation has announced that Professor Philip Baker, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at the University of Leicester, is to take on the position of Chair of its Executive Management Group.

• Mid-season World Cup should mean less, not more injuries for international stars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/world-cup-blog

  Physiotherapy Lecturer, Dr Seth O’Neill, explains why there might be less World Cup injuries than usual.

• Leicester researchers design and build instrument to explore the surface of Mercury

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-researchers-design-and-build-instrument-to-explore-the-surface-of-mercury

  An instrument designed and built by Leicester researchers, which will help to unlock the secrets of Mercury’s surface, has been shipped from the Space Research Centre to the European Space Agency, where it will be integrated with the BepiColombo spacecraft which is...

• New research highlights impact of COVID-19 pandemic on UK pilots

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/covid-pilots

  The University of Leicester’s Civil Safety and Security Unit has carried out a study highlighting the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on UK pilots.

• Reimagining the Restoration: Samuel Pepys's diary and popular history

  https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/projects/pepys-project

  About the project Samuel Pepys’s lively diary of the 1660s describes major events such as the plague and the Great Fire of London, alongside his hectic private life.

• Commemorating Samuel Whitbread, 1758-1815

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2015/06/18/commemorating-samuel-whitbread-1758-1815/

  Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on June 18, 2015 ‘I deny the insane proposition that peace is more dangerous than war’: Commemorating Samuel Whitbread, 1758-1815 By E.J.