Search

21955 results for: ‘%s’

• FGM

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/13/fgm/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2015 Last week the UK’s first prosecution for female genital mutilation (FGM) failed amid controversy.  A cademics discuss whether the case should have been bought at all.

• Digging for Britain: Leicestershire & Rutland archaeology projects to feature on BBC 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/digging-for-britain

  Projects led by Leicester archaeologists have been showcased on the new series of BBC Two’s primetime TV series Digging for Britain.

• Wendy Hickling OBE, JP, DL (1936-2017)

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/wendy-hickling

  “In our rooms, with outstretched arms you could touch each wall. You were allowed five items on your dressing table and nothing on the radiator. If you contravened this rule your surplus items were confiscated and you had to pay to get them back.

• Midlands conference to focus on NQT support and retention

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/midlands-conference-to-focus-on-nqt-support-and-retention

  Education experts are supporting NQTs through high quality training at an upcoming regional conference. The aim is to enable them to continue their professional development, remain in post and make progress in their careers, thereby helping to tackle issues of teacher retention.

• Tracking our Heritage

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/tracking-our-heritage

  The Tracking our Heritage collection is a combination of oral histories from former employees of the Peak Rail railway. Get more information about the collection.

• Expert opinions cover Antarctic volcanoes referendums and the menopause

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/expert-opinions-cover-antarctic-volcanoes-and-a-tale-of-two-referendums

  Professor John Smellie from our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment has written an article for The Conversation discussing how the eruption of volcanoes situated strategically close to any of Antarctica’s ice streams could cause significant amounts of...

• George McTurk

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/george-mcturk

  We are sad to report the death of George McTurk, a man who served the University for nigh on 40 years in the Geology Department and Pre-Clinical Sciences in the Medical School from 1963 to 2003.

• Explosion-hunting telescope tested by Leicester space scientists ready for launch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/einstein-probe-leicester

  University of Leicester experts tested optics for the Einstein Probe, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

• The Carceral Archipelago panel at the Fourth European Congress on World and Global History, 4-7 Sept

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/09/17/the-carceral-archipelago-panel-at-the-fourth-european-congress-on-world-and-global-history-4-7-september-2014/

  Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on September 17, 2014 The Carceral Archipelago panel in Paris During the first week of September, members of our European Research Council funded project, Carceral Archipelago, attended the Fourth European Congress on...

• China delegation hosted by University of Leicester strengthens education links

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/chongqing-delegation

  Visit strengthens links between Chongqing Medical University (CQMU) and Leicester, who have collaborated on medical education provision since 2019