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• DNA and family history explored in public lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/dna-and-family-history-explored-in-public-lecture

  The Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society will host a lecture on the relationship between surnames and the paternally-inherited Y chromosome from Professor Mark Jobling on Monday 6 March.

• Tobias Gould

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/tobias-gould

  Tobias is a social entrepreneur and business leader, founder of jerrybottle.com, and co-author of the Government’s flagship ‘Help to Grow’ programme delivered by 50 universities across the UK.

• Leicester academic to provide top-level expert forensic advice

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-academic-to-provide-top-level-expert-forensic-advice

  Professor Mark Jobling, of the Department of Genetics & Genome Biology, has been appointed as one of seven new members of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG; https://www.gov.

• New archaeological discovery sheds light on Leicesters Roman past

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/new-archaeological-discovery-sheds-light-on-leicesters-roman-past

  Leicester archaeologists have uncovered a fantastic Roman mosaic and evidence of good living over 1,500 years ago in the city centre in a home with underfloor heating.

• Academic comments on the rise of kids activities being marketed to adults

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/academic-comments-on-the-rise-of-kids2019-activities-being-marketed-to-adults

  Dr Jane Pilcher from our School of Media, Communication and Sociology has been featured in an article for The Guardian discussing why kids’ activities – such as bouncy castles and ballpits - are now being marketed to grown men and women.

• World Press Freedom day is celebrated annually on the 3rd May

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/world-press-freedom-day-is-celebrated-annually-on-the-3rd-may/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 2018 is the 25 th anniversary and the focus is upon the rule of law. Find out more about the events on the UNESCO official website.

• Keep Calm and Scroll On!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/03/27/keep-calm-and-scroll-on/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on March 27, 2020       Hello from our homes!   Ian, our Library Assistant will be ready to greet new users when we reopen! We had to bid a sad farewell to our archive store and reading room last week, as...

• New poll reveals 8 out of 10 students rate university ‘learning experience’ as most important

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/post-covid-survey

  New research commissioned by the University of Leicester has revealed how post-COVID, ‘learning experience’ matters most to students (82%), followed by ‘gaining independence’ (78%), green open spaces (78%), and mental health and wellbeing (64%).

• £2.5m to help with complex health and social care decision-making across the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/evidence-synthesis-funding

  Funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to support collaboration providing research-based evidence to support important decision-making across the four UK nations.

• Chris Grocott: Page 2

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/christopher_grocott/page/2/

  Dr. Chris Grocott is lecturer in Management and Economic History at the University of Leicester School of Business and editor of the ULSB Blog.