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A tulip bulb, the value of which would have fed ‘a whole ship’s crew for a twelvemonth’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/04/07/a-tulip-bulb-the-value-of-which-would-have-fed-a-whole-ships-crew-for-a-twelvemonth/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 7, 2017 The tulip, with its bold, eye-catching flowers in a wide variety of gorgeous colours, is in bloom, in many of our spring gardens, making one of their most striking features.
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European law expert to present lecture on post-Brexit UK democratic challenges
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/celi
Leading barrister Tom de la Mare KC will give this year’s Centre for European Law and Internationalisation Annual Lecture at University of Leicester.
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Town Commemorates Convicts, by Minako Sakata
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/09/29/town-commemorate-convicts-by-minako-sakata/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on September 29, 2014 At the end of August, I visited Tsukigata, a small town in Hokkaido where the Kabato Central Prison was located from 1881 to 1919.
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Raising a Glass to the English Wine Industry: Why we will be cracking open the English Fizz this Chr
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/12/23/raising-a-glass-to-the-english-wine-industry-why-we-will-be-cracking-open-the-english-fizz-this-christmas/
Posted by Sarah Robinson in School of Business Blog on December 23, 2014 Senior Lecturers in Organisation Studies, Sarah Robinson and Elke Weik , get us in the seasonal spirit: Cheers! We are both wine lovers and organisational researchers, curious about the factors...
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First ever SAPPHIRE-run Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School is huge success
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2019/08/29/first-ever-sapphire-run-ethnography-for-healthcare-improvement-summer-school-is-huge-success/
Posted by ekrockow in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on August 29, 2019 SAPPHIRE ran the first Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School. This was a two-day event held in a very sunny College Court in Leicester.
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Colleagues remember Lucy
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/lucy-ellis/colleagues
Lucy’s recent and former colleagues have shared some memories below: “I knew Lucy for 17 years, meeting her for the first time when the careers service was based in College House and liking her immediately as she was so friendly and warm-hearted.
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Collection development strategy 2022 - 2031
https://le.ac.uk/library/about/policies/collection-development-strategy
university library's 10 year collection development strategy including key priorities, kpi's, context and categorisation of collections
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Breast cancer relapse could be found two years earlier
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/16-breast-cancer-relapse-detection
Breast cancer detection Illustration of a breast cancer tumour 650|Research suggests a simple blood test may hold the key to detecting breast cancer relapse.
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Going global to support chronic lung disease sufferers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/going-global-to-support-chronic-lung-disease-sufferers
Researchers from our University and Leicester’s Hospitals are leading a £2 million project to address patients with chronic lung disease in the developing world through pulmonary rehabilitation.
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Managing migration
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/managing-migration
Dr Zovanga L. Kone discusses managed migration, and how migration improves global economies.