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Is Your News Fake?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/02/is-your-news-fake/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2017 Concerns about fake news are increasingly dominating the headlines and studies have shown that students often have difficulty evaluating the truth of resources .
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Leicester pioneers use of R;pple in commitment to suicide prevention
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/ripple
The University of Leicester has today (Monday) become one of the first universities in the country to install R;pple across all its computer networks and strengthening its commitment to suicide prevention.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 9 15 July
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-9-15-july
Dr Geoffrey Belknap (pictured) from the School of English has written an opinion piece for Think: Leicester about how members of the public can help to produce knowledge and participate in research - including through the Science Gossip project.
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Addressing Liberty: Hayek, Gibraltar and The Road to Serfdom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/02/04/addressing-liberty-hayek-gibraltar-and-the-road-to-serfdom/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on February 4, 2015 Lecturer in Management and Economic History at the School, Chris Grocott , outlines a little known escapade of a largely known economist Friedrich Hayek’s ideas on how economies should...
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University of Leicester sees boost in student numbers as widening participation strategy bears fruit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/university-of-leicester-sees-boost-in-student-numbers-as-widening-participation-strategy-bears-fruit
Undergraduate registrations at the University of Leicester increased by almost 10 per cent last year and applications for this year are also on the rise, bucking the national trend, the latest figures from UCAS show.
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How to think about Social Distancing and Containment using Network Formation Games
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2020/05/28/how-to-think-about-social-distancing-and-containment-using-network-formation-games/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on May 28, 2020 An unreliable test and tracing system risks becoming counter-productive once we consider how it may affect people’s behaviour, writes Dr.
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Adult education Theres no age limit to learning at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/adult-education-theres-no-age-limit-to-learning-at-leicester
Charlotte Barratt works in the Widening Participation team at the University of Leicester: "I work mainly with mature students: My work involves encouraging people over the age of 21 to come to university, to highlight their options and to try and encourage them to come...
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Medical Biochemistry BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/medical-biochemistry-bsc/2026
To make big breakthroughs in diagnosing and treating disease, we often have to look at life at the molecular level. Studying biochemistry in this way will help you tackle the world’s most pressing health issues.
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2019
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/publications/2019
Here the list of publications of 2019 can be found.
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Biological Sciences (Neuroscience) BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-neuroscience-bsc/2026
No computer is more powerful or complex than the human brain. And you’ll get to study the central role it plays in our nervous system – and what can happen when it goes wrong. This degree includes the option to change your specialism in your second year.