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Aspiring medics encouraged to explore a career in psychiatry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/aspiring-medics-encouraged-to-explore-a-career-in-psychiatry
Young people considering a career in medicine are invited to a conference that will help them on the route to achieving their ambitions and introduce psychiatry as an exciting medical discipline. The second ‘Medicine Calling’ conference will be held on Saturday 9 September 2017.
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Professor features on Songs of Praise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/professor-features-on-songs-of-praise
Professor Martin Barstow (pictured), Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Strategic Science Projects and Director, Leicester Institute of Space & Earth Observation features in this weekend’s Songs of Praise.
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Engineers contribute to creation of new ultra-high performance electric sports car
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/engineers-contribute-to-creation-of-new-ultra-high-performance-electric-sports-car
Engineers from our University have helped in the development of a new, ultra-high performance, range extended, electric sports car project - HIPERCAR.
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University of Leicester academic involved with new Bible Museum from inception
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/university-of-leicester-academic-involved-with-new-bible-museum-from-inception
One month before it opens to the public, Museum of the Bible—the 430,000-square-foot museum being dedicated Nov. 17 three blocks from the U.S. Capitol—will host a scholarly panel discussion on Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. at the museum.
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Leicester professor is most productive and cited woman in urban geography
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-professor-is-most-productive-and-cited-woman-in-urban-geography
In a recent article published in the journal ‘Urban Studies’, Lily Kong and Junxi Qian analysed texts published about urban geography and urban studies between 1990 and 2010.
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Exhibition to represent Kurds through art
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/exhibition-to-represent-kurds-through-art
Our University is hosting a photo-art exhibition to portray the culture of Kurdistan-Iraq. The event, on Wednesday 8 February, is said to represent ‘the pain and joy of people who live in Iraq.
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Research to explore socioeconomic rights and global justice movements
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/research-to-explore-socioeconomic-rights-and-global-justice-movements
Joe Wills (pictured) from our School of Law is to publish a new book investigating socioeconomic rights and global justice movements on Thursday 30 March.
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Plans for extra Heathrow runway are already obsolete says University of Leicester academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/plans-for-extra-heathrow-runway-are-2018already-obsolete2019-says-university-of-leicester-academic
Dr Simon Bennett from the University's School of Business has told a Commons Transport Select Committee that plans to build a new runway at Heathrow are ‘already obsolete’.
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From feeding the city to researching a country in turmoil PhD graduates return to share their research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/from-feeding-the-city-to-researching-a-country-in-turmoil-phd-graduates-return-to-share-their-research
The past is present in our next Doctoral Inaugural Lectures on Wednesday 24 May as PhD students from Archaeology and Museum Studies return to deliver presentations about their research.
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Leicester reaches 200 article milestone on The Conversation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-experts-publish-200-articles-on-the-conversation
Academics from across our University have collectively captured the imagination of over 3.