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Menopause Policy highlighted on BBC Sunday Politics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/menopause-policy-highlighted-on-bbc-sunday-politics
Menopause research that helped to shape a government report, and led to Leicester becoming the first UK University with a menopause policy, will be the subject of discussion during an upcoming episode of BBC Sunday Politics East Midlands.
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Grantham, Lincolnshire
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/dialect/lincolnshire/grantham
Listen to speakers from Grantham, Lincolnshire from a range of backgrounds as part of the dialect project between researchers from Nottingham Trent University and the University of Leicester.
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No smoking matter 15 cigarettes in 75 minutes in a car could render you unconscious
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/no-smoking-matter-smoking-for-75-minutes-in-a-car-could-render-you-unconscious
It was announced earlier this month that drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their cars from October if they are carrying children as passengers.
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Helping hedgehogs project to challenge alarming UK wildlife decline
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/helping-hedgehogs-project-to-challenge-alarming-uk-wildlife-decline
Snuffling hedgehogs visiting gardens throughout the United Kingdom are becoming less common due to declining populations – and an event organised by Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust at the Botanic Garden on Saturday 24 October hopes to challenge this worrying trend.
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Genetics PhD students photograph wins University competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/genetics-phd-students-photograph-wins-university-competition
Shane Hussey, a PhD student in the Department of Genetics, has won the Graduate School’s second PhDepictions photography competition. The runner-up prize went to Joe Emmings of the Department of Geology.
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University conference celebrates publication of The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/university-conference-celebrates-publication-of-the-selected-works-of-margaret-oliphant
A conference on the works of Victorian novelist Margaret Oliphant, featuring literary experts from the UK, US and New Zealand hosted by the university’s Victorian Studies Centre will celebrate the publication of The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, a 25 volume series...
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Expert opinions cover the shaming of expornstar Sunny Leone mechanical doping and how ethnic minority students are excelling in schools
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/expert-opinions-cover-the-shaming-of-pornstar-sunny-leone-and-how-ethnic-minority-students-are-excelling-in-schools
Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing the recent interview between Bhupendra Chaubey and ex-pornstar Sunny Leone, which was widely criticised on social media.
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Students prepare for epic five-day Shakespeare Marathon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/students-prepare-for-epic-five-day-shakespeare-marathon
This spring marked the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616 and in commemoration, Leicester University Theatre (LUT) is taking on the challenge of performing the complete works of Shakespeare back-to-back, 24 hours a day from Monday 13 – Friday 17 June.
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Volunteering
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/careers/volunteering
Few things look better on your CV than your volunteering experiences. Here at Leicester we can help you find fulfilling volunteering opportunities.
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Latest Professorial Inaugural Lectures explore cardiovascular research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/latest-professorial-inaugural-lectures-explore-cardiovascular-research
Academics from the University's Department of Cardiovascular Sciences will discuss their research in the latest Professorial Inaugural Lectures taking place on Tuesday 2 May.