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• School of Business talk to ask whether statistics matter in a world of fake news

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/school-of-business-talk-to-ask-whether-statistics-matter-in-a-world-of-2018fake-news2019

  For an upcoming lecture, National Statistician John Pullinger will discuss how statistical communication between those creating and using statistics can be improved.

• University of Leicester honours the President of Malta

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/22-president-malta-receives-honorary-degree-doctor-laws

  Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, the President of the Republic of Malta, has been made an honorary graduate by the University of Leicester. The University bestowed the honorary degree at its graduation ceremony on Friday 18 January 2019 at De Montfort Hall in Leicester.

• Leicester link to Nobel Prize winners

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-link-to-nobel-prize-winners

  In the latest announcement from the Nobel Prize committee, US academics Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash at Brandeis University, Boston and Mike Young at Rockefeller University, New York, have received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of...

• Zombie apocalypse would potentially wipe out humanity in just 100 days students calculate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/zombie-apocalypse-would-wipe-out-humanity-in-just-100-days-students-calculate

  A real-life zombie outbreak would leave the world’s population in shambles, with less than 300 survivors remaining a mere one hundred days into the apocalypse, according to students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

• Richard Float

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/richard-float

  We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Richard Float, who worked in the Estates Division for more than thirty years, as Assistant Bursar and then Bursar. Richard passed away on 7 October 2024, aged 91.

• Whistleblowing and why it matters

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/copy_of_whistleblowing-2013-and-why-it-matters

  Update: a recording of the lecture by Professor Mark Stein is available here. Update: a webinar on whistleblowing with Dame Ruth Silver and Professor Mark Stein is now available.

• School of Business Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 10

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/page/10/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Leicester researchers involved in hunt for golden spike that signalled new epoch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/leicester-researchers-involved-in-hunt-for-golden-spike-that-signalled-new-epoch

  Geologists - including Professor Jan Zalasiewicz and Dr Colin Waters from the Department of Geology - are on the hunt for the 'golden spike' that would signify the moment humanity changed the planet forever and triggered the Anthropocene era.

• Physics & Astronomy: Page 2

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/2/

  National Space Centre: Space Lates – the Night Sky Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 19 January 2023 Join the team at the National Space Centre on January 20th, where they will explore the night sky, from constellation mythology to the future...

• Midlands commission highlights action to address health and care inequalities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/midlands-commission-healthcare-inequalities

  Organisations across the Midlands and leading national health charities are collectively launching a policy commission which has the potential to transform the health and care of people across the region by addressing health and care inequalities