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Attenborough Arts Centre to host exhibitions by Claude Cahun and UK debut of Laura Swanson
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/attenborough-arts-centre-to-host-exhibitions-by-claude-cahun-and-uk-debut-of-laura-swanson
Our Attenborough Arts Centre will be the first venue in the UK to present a solo exhibition by American artist Laura Swanson, alongside the Hayward Touring exhibition of photography by gender-defying artist Claude Cahun (1894 – 1954).
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Peter Jackson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/peter-jackson
The University has learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Peter Jackson, one of the longest serving members of our academic staff. A funeral service for Professor Jackson will be held at 12.
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The Knowledge ‘versus’ Skills Debate, Part 1: forgetting what we know about knowledge.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/24/the-knowledge-versus-skills-debate-part-1-forgetting-what-we-know-about-knowledge/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 24, 2018 One of the many poorly-framed, point-missing ‘debates’ that regularly plague contemporary education goes something like this: ‘should education be focused primarily on...
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Daniel Defoe co-wrote the Bank of England
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/02/03/daniel-defoe-co-wrote-the-bank-of-england/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on February 3, 2016 Professor of Organisation and Culture at the School, Martin Parker , has just published a new book which provocatively blurs the lines between economic facts and literary fictions Why is a novel like an...
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Economics in the Rear-View Mirror
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/12/economics-in-the-rear-view-mirror/
Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 12, 2015 Joseph Schumpeter, who taught at Harvard from 1932 to 1950. Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.
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Electricity and Magnetism
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pa1130
Module code: PA1130 So many aspects of modern life are reliant on electrical power and electromagnetic waves that we often take these things for granted.
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Electricity and Magnetism
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pa1130
Module code: PA1130 So many aspects of modern life are reliant on electrical power and electromagnetic waves that we often take these things for granted.
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Electricity and Magnetism
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pa1130
Module code: PA1130 So many aspects of modern life are reliant on electrical power and electromagnetic waves that we often take these things for granted.
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It’s nice to be important, but is it really more important to be nice?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/02/07/its-nice-to-be-important-but-is-it-really-more-important-to-be-nice/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on February 7, 2018 The late British entertainer Bruce Forsyth had amongst his several catch phrases “it’s nice to be important but it is more important to be nice”.
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Winchcombe Meteorite on BBC East Midlands
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/01/13/winchcombe-meteorite-on-bbc-east-midlands/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 13 January 2023 PhD student Niamh Topping on BBC East Midlands last night discussing findings from research taking place into the Winchcombe meteorite fall. You can watch the footage below.