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vholmes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/catherine_holmes/
Blog 3: Items of Interest chosen by Jenni Hunt. Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on April 9, 2021 Over the past few months I have been working on listing the University of Leicester’s Administrative Archive.
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University pledges to offer a hundred Sanctuary Awards to displaced people worldwide
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/distance-learning
Read more about University of Leicester offering one hundred distance learning scholarships to displaced people across the world.
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Space Park Leicester announces winner of Mission Patch Competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/mission-patch-winners
The competition aimed to engage the public in a creative challenge, inviting participants to design a mission patch that reflects the work and vision of Space Park Leicester
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University partners in new world-class skills centre for automotive sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/university-partners-in-new-world-class-skills-centre-for-automotive-sector
Our University is partnering with HORIBA MIRA and other Midlands-based education institutions to build the MIRA Technology Institute – a new world-class skills centre for the automotive sector to be based at MIRA Technology Park.
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PhD student wins prestigious photography competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-louise-corscadden-infectious-diseases-hub
Bacteria|University of Leicester student Louise Corscadden wins prestigious photography prize. PhD student Louise Corscadden from the University’s Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has been named winner of the 2018–2019 Infectious Images Photography Competition.
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History of tobacco and our health
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/tobacco-history
How did tobacco become one of the first truly global commodities, and arguably history’s most deadly habit?
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Leicester Cathedral remembers founding of the University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/25-leicester-cathedral-remembers-founding-of-the-university
Lecture on University of Leicester’s origins in the Great War will form part of remembrance events at Leicester Cathedral
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Philip Larkins secret selfies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/philip-larkins-secret-selfies
For the first time, photographs taken by the poet Philip Larkin have been collected together from thousands held by the Larkin archive in Hull. Larkin had a long history with the University.
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Expert opinions cover overdiagnosis and the departure of Sam Allardyce as England football manager
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/expert-opinions-cover-overdiagnosis-and-the-departure-of-sam-allardyce
John Williams from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology has written an article for The Conversation discussing the departure of Sam Allardyce from the job of England football manager.
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Working at home is ‘a double-edged sword’, new research reveals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/home-working
New research conducted by academics at the Universities of Leicester and Exeter has revealed how working at home can be ‘a double-edged sword’.