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Archaeological detectives discover secret square beneath worldfamous Avebury stone circle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/archaeological-detectives-discover-2018secret-square2019-beneath-world-famous-avebury-stone-circle
Archaeologists have found a striking and apparently unique square monument beneath the world famous Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire.
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Liven your lectures – engage your students with an active learning approach
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/09/liven-your-lectures-engage-your-students-with-an-active-learning-approach/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 9, 2018 Active learning is an umbrella term for learning and teaching methods which put the student in charge of their own learning through meaningful activities.
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Senate regulation 9: Regulations governing Research Degree Programmes: Examination, award and conferral (9.198-9.241)
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-9/examination
Examining teams 9.198 The viva voce examination must be conducted by an examining team. Each examining team must comprise at least two members. At least one member of the examining team must be an external examiner. 9.
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Museums as sanctuaries from hate?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2016/11/02/257/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on November 2, 2016 This morning I saw the front page of the Daily Mail (I’m not going to link to it. Google it if you must) as I walked past a news stand and it made me angry. Nothing new about that.
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Bibliotherapy: Engaging with Asylum Seekers and Refugees
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/10/28/bibliotherapy-engaging-with-asylum-seekers-and-refugees/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in School of English Blog on October 28, 2013 I was recently invited by my friend and former colleague Christine Chettle, a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds, to lead a guest workshop for STAR (Student Action for Refugees) in...
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The UK Space Sector, COVID-19 and The Midlands
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/06/25/the-uk-space-sector-covid-19-and-the-midlands/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 June 2020 Professor Martin Barstow discussed the latest developments for Space Park Leicester, in this blog post reprinted from Midlands Innovation .
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Student cricketers pitch up to support NHS Blood and Transplant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/student-cricketers-pitch-up-to-support-nhs-blood-and-transplant
Students are supporting a call for more young blood donors in Leicester. Players from the University of Leicester Cricket Club, 1sts, 2nds and the Development Squad will dress in their cricket whites to donate blood for the first time.
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Star of Channel 4 documentary to advise teachers on how to motivate students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/channel-4-documentary-star-to-advise-teachers-on-how-to-motivate-students
Matthew Burton from the popular Channel 4 documentary 'Educating Yorkshire' will be exploring ways in which teachers can better motivate their students at a University conference on 15 January at the Stamford Court Conference Centre.
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Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050
Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades - at an event on Wednesday 25 November.
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University celebrates 50 years of media and communication research with international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/university-celebrates-50-years-of-media-and-communication-research-with-international-conference
More than 1,000 delegates from around the world are expected to attend an international conference at the University of Leicester next summer as part of the University’s celebrations of 50 years of media and communication research.