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Events
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/events
Find more information on the events hosted by the Centre for New Writing. Events are usually open to the public and free of charge.
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Major grant and awards recognition for electronic waste recycling solution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/ewaste-award
An electronic waste-recycling process that’s kinder to the planet – and uses pioneering technology developed at the University of Leicester – has attracted a £1.2m grant and national awards recognition.
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Sue Townsend (1946-2014)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/04/16/sue-townsend-1946-2014/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 16, 2014 It was with great sadness that we learned last week of the death of one of our depositors, Sue Townsend, the creator of the Adrian Mole diaries and one of the most popular British novelists of the late...
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Glorious Debo
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/09/29/glorious-debo/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in School of English Blog on September 29, 2014 Deborah Mitford, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, often referred to as the “last Mitford sister”, has passed away. But Debo, as she was known to friends and family, was an institution in her own right.
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University of Leicester Discovering Excellence Staff Awards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/ult/2016/11/01/the-discovering-excellence-awards-finalists/
On Thursday 10 November we have an exciting first for the University; the inaugural Discovering Excellence Staff Awards.
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Dryad Collection – S is for Smock and Sheepskin
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/06/29/dryad-collection-s-is-for-smock-and-sheepskin/
Posted by cl13 in Library Special Collections on June 29, 2022 As I continue to catalogue the Dryad Collection , some of the books stand out as belonging to a different era of attitudes towards clothes.
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Eric Henry Janson Teasdale (1896– 1917)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/01/20/eric-henry-janson-teasdale-1896-1917/
21st January 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Lieutenant Eric Henry Janson Teasdale, who at the age of just twenty gave his life during the First World War.
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Leicester pays tribute to scientist and humanitarian Sir Geoff Palmer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/leicester-tribute-scientist-humanitarian-sir-geoff-palmer
The University of Leicester has paid tribute to one of the institution’s most respected graduates: renowned scientist and humanitarian Professor Emeritus Sir Geoff Palmer KT OBE.
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Strategic Human Resource Management
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mn3012
Module code: MN3102 The module provides theoretical and practical insights into how Human Resource Management (HRM) can be deployed to influence overall organisation strategy.
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Modern Sociological Theory
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy3079
Module code: SY3079 This module examines a number of key works in contemporary sociological theory that have sought to understand major social phenomena, including the processes of change, such as climate change and the expansion of the human rights regime.