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The Morning after Brexit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/07/05/the-morning-after-brexit/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on July 5, 2016 Brendan Lambe. Lecturer in Finance and an Irish European, reflects on the meaning of the referendum. On the morning of the 24 th of June we awoke to a Britain which had changed utterly.
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‘One of the most remarkable men in the entire history of archaeology’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/01/one-of-the-most-remarkable-men-in-the-entire-history-of-archaeology/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on August 1, 2017 Two hundred years ago, on 1 August 1817, the adventurer-Egyptologist Giovanni Belzoni, described by Howard Carter, with good reason, as ‘one of the most remarkable men in the entire history of...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 18 June 1 July
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-18-june-1-july
Professor Philip Shaw from the School of English has written an opinion piece for The Conversation where, two centuries after Waterloo, he discusses the famous painting commissioned by the Duke of Wellington after he triumphed over Napoleon.
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Ground-breaking lawyer joins University Law Society as president
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/luls-president
Leicester University Law Society has announced that I. Stephanie Boyce will act as its president for the next academic year, starting in October 2022.
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British Council film collection online: British Social History
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/25/british-council-film-collection-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2012 http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-council-film-collection Free access to a historic archive of 120 films made during the 1940s which focussed upon how Britain lived and worked.
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Leicester geoscientists return from expedition following successful offshore operations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/geoscientists-expedition-successful-offshore-operations
International expedition off the coast of New England (Massachusetts, USA) included researchers from the University of Leicester, aiming to explore ancient freshened water systems below the ocean floor and up to 100 miles offshore.
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Leaders in Healthcare 2018: Junior Doctor Leadership – Beginning Your Journey
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/11/16/leaders-in-healthcare-2018-junior-doctor-leadership-beginning-your-journey/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on November 16, 2018 This was the session I was most looking forward to. It’s the reason why we blog and the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management Trainee Steering Group did not disappoint.
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New report shows UK ‘poorly prepared’ to reach net-zero carbon economy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/just-transition
The UK Government must take urgent action to deliver a ‘just transition’ for workers as the country shifts towards a greener economy, according to a new study.
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Ultra-hot gas around remnants of Sun-like stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-stars
Stars (Left) Artist’s impression of the hot white dwarf GALEXJ014636.8+323615 (white) and its ultra-hot circumstellar magnetosphere (purple) trapped with the magnetic field (green). Credit: N. Reindl. (Right) Colour image of the white dwarf GALEXJ014636.
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Hope for first drug treatment for life-threatening aneurysms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/aneurysms-drug-treatment
Research suggests cholesterol-lowering drugs could be repurposed as treatment in breakthrough for patients