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Our environment over a billion years: travel through time into Leicester’s deep past
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/time-travelling-environmentalist
Experts at the University of Leicester host an evening exploring landscape change and biodiversity in the city and county on Thursday 23 March
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GradeMark rubrics – what are they and how can you use them?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/03/01/grademark-rubrics-what-are-they-and-how-can-you-use-them/
Posted by Catherine Leyland in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on March 1, 2017 What is a rubric? A rubric is a set of marking criteria that can be used to make marking easier and more consistent.
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Professor Phil Baker to leave his 'home town' University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/phil-baker
Professor Phil Baker, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research & Enterprise (PVCRE), will be leaving the University of Leicester to take up a new role as Pro Vice-Chancellor Medicine and Health at the University of East Anglia.
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Professor Kamlesh Khunti awarded CBE in New Year Honours 2022
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/kamlesh-khunti-cbe
Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine at the University of Leicester, has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to Health in the New Year’s Honours List 2022.
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Festival examines what the anti-apartheid picket can teach human rights defenders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/festival-examines-what-the-anti-apartheid-picket-can-teach-human-rights-defenders
Dr Gavin Brown from the Department of Geography will be giving a talk on Tuesday 8 December at 6.
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Local meeting of the minds leads to creative triumph
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/local-meeting-of-the-minds-leads-to-creative-triumph
Following the successful Journeys in Translation event hosted by the University's Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies (LeCTIS) last year, a group of translating students at our University have worked closely with local poet Pam Thompson to provide their...
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A day in the life: research services out and about in Cambridge May 2023
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/06/13/a-day-in-the-life-research-services-out-and-about-in-cambridge-may-2023/
Posted by Laurian Williamson in Library and Learning Services on June 13, 2023 Members of the Library Research Services team (Will and Merinne) recently attended the first face-to-face meeting of the RLUK Open Strategy Network (OSN).
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Mission Control Flight Director Gerry Griffin – National Space Centre Live Q&A
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/09/mission-control-flight-director-gerry-griffin-national-space-centre-live-qa/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 9 December 2020 Join the National Space Centre for a live Q&A session with Apollo 17 Mission Control Flight Director Gerry Griffin, as part of their LIVE Space Q&A sessions this Friday December 11th.
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Fire and ice: the Antarctic volcanoes that hint at our climate future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-antarctica-volcanoes-climate
Professor John Smellie, Honorary Professor in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment, talks about his career and his love of the volcanoes of the Antarctic as he receives his second Polar Medal.
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By women, for women – University of Leicester unveils transformative leadership programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/beyond-boundaries
Women who want to break new ground in their professional lives are being encouraged to sign up for a leadership programme from the University of Leicester.