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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/8/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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The Grey Friars – a brief history
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/grey-friars-history
The history of the Grey Friars site from its beginnings in 1224 to the thing it is best known for - Richard III’s burial in the church choir in 1485.
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Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-breakthrough-study-origin-plant-sperm
A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility
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Do Managers Make Teams Successful?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/01/26/do-managers-make-teams-successful/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on January 26, 2017 ULSB PhD student Rasim Kurdoglu (rsk15) considers just what we can learn from Leicester City’s lack of success this season.
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Dismemberment in Prehistory – Not Just for the Criminally Insane. By Shane McCorristine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/11/23/shane-mccorristine-dismemberment-in-prehistory-not-just-for-the-criminally-insane/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on November 23, 2015 Francisco Goya, “Great deeds! Against the dead!” (1810s). Source: Wikimedia Commons. For as long as humans have been around we have cut up, hacked, butchered, and mutilated corpses.
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December Book Group: Officers and Gentlemen
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/12/19/officers/
Summary of the December 2014 meeting of the Waugh Book Group, Leicester
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The Convict Hulks of Bermuda
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/06/26/the-convict-hulks-of-bermuda/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 26, 2014 I have long been interested in Bermuda. Like the island that I studied for my PhD thesis, Mauritius, it has no indigenous population.
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Earth-based observations prepare Juno for the Great Red Spot Encounter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2017/06/30/earth-based-observations-prepare-juno-for-the-great-red-spot-encounter/
University of Leicester staff blogs
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Archaeological Theory Summer School 2026
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/material-worlds-past-present/summer-school
Find out more about the summer school at the Centre for Material Worlds Past and Present.
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Reflect: lecture capture launch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/05/31/reflect-lecture-capture-launch/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 31, 2016 As part of the Leicester Learning Institute’s ‘Focus On’ events, Reflect , the University’s new lecture capture service, was launched.