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Book Review: Being an NHS Chief Executive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2019/04/26/book-review-being-an-nhs-chief-executive/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on April 26, 2019 Dr Hannah Laidley reviews Being an NHS Chief Executive: What they never told me (or if they did I wasn’t listening) Lisa Rodrigues is former chief executive of Sussex Partnership NHS...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 21 October
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-15-21-october
Dr Samantha Johnson from the Department of Health Sciences has written an article for Action Medical Research about developing a programme to help children with maths skills that are vital for their future life chances.
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Swift satellite spots its thousandth gamma-ray burst
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/swift-satellite-spots-its-thousandth-gamma-ray-burst
Leicester scientists are celebrating the discovery of the 1,000th gamma-ray burst (GRB) by the US/UK/Italian Swift spacecraft. GRBs are the most powerful explosions in the universe, typically associated with the collapse of a massive star and the birth of a black hole.
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Glimpses of the young David Attenborough from the University Archives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/glimpses-of-the-young-david-attenborough-from-the-university-archives
Dr Simon Dixon from the University's Special Collections has written an article providing glimpses into the childhood of Sir David Attenborough during the time he lived on the campus of what was then University College, Leicester.
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Leicester’s Dr Hannah Young is the 2025 Donna Lamping Award Recipient
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/kidney-association-award-leicester
Dr Hannah Young, Specialist Research Physiotherapist at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, is the recipient of the UK Kidney Association's 2025 Donna Lamping MDT Researcher Award.
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About the project
https://le.ac.uk/grassroutes/about
Grassroutes supports the efforts of independent publishers and literature development agencies to inspire public engagement with the diverse writing cultures of multi-racial Britain.
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Activities and events
https://le.ac.uk/colonial-countryside/activities-events
Learn what we have done so far within the Colonial Countryside project and what we plan on doing in the future. Get more information on the events we have held and if there are any coming up.
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Digital life during the lockdown
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/digital-apps
Virtual social apps are helping us make do as best we can in lonely, desperate times.
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CSSAH Postgraduate fund 2025/26
https://le.ac.uk/cssah/research/funds/postgraduate-fund
The College offers a postgraduate fund for research students. Your award can be used for a number of research activities, such as presenting a paper at a conference, archive visits, training to support research, and attending or running a workshop.
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100 not out for Chemistry at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/about/anniversary
Celebrating 100 years of the School of Chemistry at the University of Leicester. A century old and still going strong.