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  • A celebration of 100 years ago today, by Caroline Wessel

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/04/04/a-celebration-of-100-years-ago-today-by-caroline-wessel/

    Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 4, 2019 Newspaper cuttings reporting Fielding Johnson’s Gift, from Astley Clarke’s scrapbook (ULA/D2/1) On Friday 4 April 1919 Mr Thomas Fielding Johnson purchased the 36-acre site of Leicester’s 5th Northern Base...

  • Understanding teenage angst

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/understanding-teenage-angst

    The way teenagers think is going to come under scrutiny at a lecture that is open to the public on Monday 30 April.

  • Leicester tops UK ranking for United Nations Sustainable Development Goals category

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/the-impact-rankings

    New rankings have put the University of Leicester at the top of the UK tree for higher education (HE) institutions committed to working towards peace, justice and strong institutions.

  • Sir Maurice Shock LLD 19262018

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/sir-maurice-shock-lld-1926-2018

    Sir Maurice, who was also an honorary graduate of the University, was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List in 1988 in recognition of his services to Leicester and the wider academic community.

  • Dismemberment in Victorian London: The Thames Torso Murders. By Shane McCorristine

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/05/31/thames-torso-murders/

    Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on May 31, 2016   Battersea, London. Source: The A to Z of Victorian London. Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent, 1987.

  • Why do a MOOC in Museum Studies?

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2015/12/10/why-do-a-mooc-in-museum-studies/

    Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on December 10, 2015 Over 11,000 people signed up for the first run of our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Behind the Scenes at the 21 st Century Museum , and they were overwhelmingly positive about their experience.

  • Thinking About Convict Objects, in French Guiana

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/11/28/thinking-about-convict-objects-in-french-guiana/

    Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 28, 2015 In the Musée Départemental Alexandre Franconie in Cayenne there is a room dedicated to the history of the French colonial bagne (prison).

  • Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 5

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/5/

    Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  • Thailand government joins forces with University of Leicester to launch UK scholarship for 50 Thai students

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/thailand-government-university-leicester-uk-scholarship-thai-students

    University of Leicester and Thai government launch scholarships to support Thai students studying in the UK, strengthening international ties.

  • Link between hibernation in animals and Alzheimers prevention identified

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/link-between-hibernation-in-animals-and-alzheimers-prevention-identified

    Research by scientists at the Medical Research Council’s Toxicology Unit, based at the University, has identified a protective mechanism that kicks in when body temperature is lowered, activating a process that prevents the loss of brain cells and the connections between them.

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