Search
-
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.
-
Portrayal of Richard III captures spirit of the last Plantagenet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/portrayal-of-richard-iii-captures-spirit-of-the-last-plantagenet
A college in Hawaii is holding a performance of Shakespeare’s Richard III which takes account of the discovery of the King’s remains in a unique and unusual fashion.
-
Critical Management in Action: “Social Media Free Day”
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/03/21/critical-management-in-action-social-media-free-day/
Posted by Jennifer Smith Maguire in School of Business Blog on March 21, 2014 Jennifer Smith Maguire, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Production and Consumption at the School, outlines the motivation behind an experiment-in-abstinence undertaken by some of her freshman tutees.
-
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.
-
Leicester explores ‘our working lives’ as Festival of Social Science returns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/festival-of-social-science-working-lives-leicester
Explore free events at the University of Leicester’s Festival of Social Science 2025, themed around ‘our working lives’.
-
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
-
Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr3014
Module code: CR3014 The connections between gender, offending and victimisation are one of the most marked in criminology. Throughout history, and cross culturally, men commit the overwhelming majority of crimes.
-
PhD student receives prestigious research grant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-student-receives-prestigious-research-grant
A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale.
-
Political Cartoons in the Classroom: The ‘Simple View of Reading’ Approach
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/03/02/political-cartoons-in-the-classroom-the-simple-view-of-reading-approach/
Blog on reading political cartoons in the classroom
-
Attenborough Arts announces new partnership with the British Museum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/aac-british-museum
The University of Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre has been named today as one of the British Museum’s key cultural partners for 2021, and will be collaborating on a new innovative national programme for young people named Where we are… Working in partnership with...