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  • The Knowledge ‘versus’ Skills Debate, Part 2: What about ‘transferable skills’?

    Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 24, 2018 In the first part of this post, I discussed the need to develop more broad and inclusive understandings of knowledge and to move away from unhelpfully simplistic and...

  • A Literal Escape Room: an experiential approach to study skills

    Posted by apatel in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on September 27, 2018 Developed by Mark Van Der Enden, Tracy Dix, and Alex Patel The challenge and rationale… The problem with ‘study skills’ workshops are that, typically, they are boring,...

  • Who was Richard III?

    A brief primer on the last Plantagenet king of England and his links with Leicester.

  • Highlights for the School of Physics research in REF2021

    School of Physics research highlights in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

  • 11th for Arts research in REF2021

    The School of Arts research highlights in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

  • Top 25 for Earth Sciences research in REF2021

    We are delighted with our recent performance in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021), in which we placed top 25 in the UK for our overall research quality (GPA) (according to analysis by the Times Higher Education).

  • History in the Classroom

    Module code: HS2360 How should history be taught in schools? Should the focus be on learning about the key events of ‘Our Island Story’ or a thematic overview of global trends? Does the right sort of history create the right sort of citizen? Who should decide what is taught:...

  • History in the Classroom

    Module code: HS2360 How should history be taught in schools? Should the focus be on learning about the key events of ‘Our Island Story’ or a thematic overview of global trends? Does the right sort of history create the right sort of citizen? Who should decide what is taught:...

  • Language learning national event

    The Association for Language Learning (ALL), based at the University of Leicester, is organising Language World, the key national event for language teachers which brings them together to share ideas, offer mutual support and plan for the future for languages education.

  • Event aims to inspire academic achievement in local Bangladeshi community

    The University's Department of Chemistry will be hosting an outreach event on Thursday 1 June, designed to encourage academic achievement in children of Bangladeshi heritage.

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