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Leicester Heroes event aims to recruit hundreds of new potential stem cell donors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/university-teams-up-with-rik-basra-to-find-leicester2019s-unsung-heroes
The University has teamed up with The Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign to host an event on Tuesday 25 October which aims to recruit hundreds of new potential donors to the Anthony Nolan Stem Cell Donor Register The Leicester Heroes event on campus will also celebrate seven...
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Action Research
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ed7138-ed7139
Module codes: ED7138, ED7139 Action Research offers an approach to changing practice as part of a cycle of change. In this module, you will consider the basis for change in educational settings and develop an understanding of the wider research context of action research.
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Attenborough Arts to host British artist’s largest solo exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/11-aaron-williamson-attenborough-arts
A new exhibition of the work of renowned British artist Aaron Williamson opens at the University of Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre on Saturday 11 May 2019.
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Adrianna finds her calling talking internet safety with Leicesters young people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/adrianna-finds-her-calling-talking-internet-safety-with-leicester2019s-young-people
Teaching school children about the importance of staying safe online has inspired final year Criminology student Adrianna to pursue a career in the criminal justice system that will involve working with children.
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Expert opinions cover Brexit womens protests in South Korea and Boko Haram
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/expert-opinions-cover-brexit-and-womens-protests
In an article for 'The UK in a Changing Europe', Dr Simona Guerra from the School of History, Politics and International Relations has examined the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and attitudes towards Brexit following the recent pro-EU...
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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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Turned off at Execution Dock: Thames Scenery in the City of the Gallows. By Richard Ward
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/04/25/turned-off-at-execution-dock-thames-scenery-in-the-city-of-the-gallows-by-richard-ward/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on April 25, 2016 Eighteenth-century London has, with good reason, been called “the city of the gallows”.
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Loz Atkinson’s: The Edge of Forever
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/03/02/loz-atkinsons-the-edge-of-forever/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 2 March 2022 An exhibition at the Attenborough Arts Centre brings together key works from Loz Atkinson ’s ‘Imagined Nebula’ series, which began in 2015 as an outlet for Loz’s...
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Reflections on the ALT conference 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/10/21/reflections-on-the-alt-conference-2016/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 21, 2016 In September Alex Moseley, Matt Mobbs, Stephen Walker and myself attended the ALT (Association for Learning Technology) Conference at the University of Warwick.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 21 April
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-15-21-april
Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an opinion piece for The Conversation about a sexology conference she visited hosted by the Wellcome Trust - and her mixed reaction to what was exhibited.