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• Crocus Sundays at the Botanic Garden

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/08-crocus-sundays

  Crocuses in the Botanic Gardens|University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden to host the perennially popular Crocus Sundays event this year on 24 February and 3 March.

• More training required to ensure patients with Type 2 Diabetes benefit from glucose monitoring technology

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/diabetes-glucose-monitoring

  New research shows that Type 2 diabetic patients benefit from continuous glucose monitoring technology (CGM) to improve their care but do not receive this due to lack of training

• Distance learning opportunities

  https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives/distance-learning

  HyPIR’s DL Master’s sanctuary scholarships were also the subject of doctoral research carried out by Dr Gabi Witthaus, and a corresponding paper entitled 'Refugees and Online Engagement in Higher Education: A Capabilitarian Model'.

• University-led PGCE

  https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/routes/university

  The University of Leicester's University-led PGCE courses have a long-established reputation for developing the kind of high quality teachers that schools value. Find out about studying the University-led PGCE in the School of Education.

• Reflective Practice in Education (Secondary PGCE)

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ed7436

  Module code: ED7436 By reflecting on your practice and how this relates to taught elements of the course, you will explore your developing pedagogy and your impact on student learning.

• Leicester academic cited as social media superstar

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-academic-cited-as-social-media-superstar

  Dr Vikas Shah (pictured) from our Medical School has been cited as a ‘superstar’ for his use of social media in enhancing teaching and learning. Jisc has announced their top ten higher education social media superstars of 2017.

• JWST Engagement and Outreach

  https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/projects/james-webb-space-telescope/webb-engagement-and-outreach

  A host of educational and public engagement resources are available for the James Webb Space Telescope and MIRI instrument.

• Prague Spring – 50 years on

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/24/prague-spring-50-years-on/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 24, 2018 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Prague Spring, a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union.

• Refugee Week: schoolchildren from Leicester to send messages of hope to refugee camp

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/19-refugee-week-primary-school-messages-of-hope

  Children from a Leicester school are to send messages of hope to a refugee camp in Greece. They will also create a storybook which will contain blank cards for children in the refugee camp to fill and send back - starting a dialogue between the children.

• Leicester experts support Singapore in diabetes fight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-experts-support-singapore-in-diabetes-fight

  Expertise in preventing and treating Type 2 diabetes developed in Leicester will be used in Singapore’s 'war on diabetes'.