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Events
https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events
Upcoming and past events from the School of Arts, Media and Communication
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Industry and academia partners to join European research initiative to fight Alzheimers dementia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/industry-and-academia-partners-to-join-european-research-initiative-to-fight-alzheimers-dementia
An alliance of academia and industry, including the University of Leicester, has announced the start of a novel collaboration, the European Prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia (EPAD) Initiative, to test innovative treatments for the prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia.
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UK governments urged to reconsider the practice of collective worship and religious observance in schools
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/uk-governments-urged-to-reconsider-the-practice-of-collective-worship-and-religious-observance-in-schools
The majority of schools in the UK are required by law to organise acts of collective worship (England, Northern Ireland, Wales) or religious observance (Scotland) for their pupils - but what is the purpose of collective worship/religious observance? A report launched today...
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Muslim integration and refugee experiences to be discussed by leading historians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/muslim-integration-and-refugee-experiences-to-be-discussed-by-leading-historians
The experiences of refugees and migrants in twentieth century Britain and Europe, and the challenges still faced by governments and individuals today, will be the focus of a number of free public lectures by leading historians of twentieth century history taking place as...
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Taking a systems-thinking approach can prevent disasters and save lives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/10-systems-thinking-disaster-prevention
A new book series by well-known academic Dr Simon Bennett will explore the systems-thinking approach to incident and accident investigation.
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CancerStories project recruiting young people with cancer across the East Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/cancerstories-project-recruiting-young-people-with-cancer-across-the-east-midlands
An innovative project spearheaded by Professor Alex Mitchell from the Department of Cancer Studies is looking to recruit young people with cancer to share their stories via online video diaries.
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New theorems could help robots to correct errors on-the-fly and learn from each other
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/new-theorems-could-help-robots-to-correct-errors-on-the-fly-and-learn-from-each-other
Errors in Artificial Intelligence which would normally take a considerable amount of time to resolve could be corrected immediately with the help of new research by Leicester mathematicians.
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If tomorrow never comes.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/02/07/if-tomorrow-never-comes/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on February 7, 2018 This blog post is dedicated to the man who stepped out in front of my car as I drove to work this morning.
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Dispute Resolution
https://le.ac.uk/law/research/research-themes/dispute-resolution
Staff and students at The University of Leicester discusses recent developments in dispute resolution, for research and academic purposes.
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Message from the Vice-Chancellor regarding lockdown
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/lockdown-update
As you know, last night Health Minister Matt Hancock announced a lockdown of Leicester following a rise in COVID-19 rates in the City.