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The Knowledge ‘versus’ Skills Debate, Part 2: What about ‘transferable skills’?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/24/the-knowledge-versus-skills-debate-part-2-what-about-transferable-skills/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 24, 2018 In the first part of this post, I discussed the need to develop more broad and inclusive understandings of knowledge and to move away from unhelpfully simplistic and...
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A small but highly significant step for Britain in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/a-small-but-highly-significant-step-for-britain-in-space
Professor Ken Pounds (pictured), Emeritus Professor of Space Physics and a local pioneer of Space Research, has hailed the significance of Tim Peake becoming the first British astronaut in orbit, but warned there is so far no funding beyond his present mission on...
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Gin: The only tonic to Brexit?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/12-gin-only-tonic-to-brexit
UK and EU flag sprayed onto broken concrete|University of Leicester and Burleighs Gin team up to present a delicious way to engage in Brexit debate. The seemingly endless debate on Brexit has become hard to stomach for many of the British public.
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Innovation festival will stage events at Space Park Leicester and University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/innovation-festival-space-park-leicester-university
Three events in the Leicestershire Innovation Festival will be hosted by the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester between 9 and 13 March
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Stephen Wood
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/stephen_wood/
Professor of Management
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Sanctuary pre-applicants, applicants, students and alumni privacy notice
https://le.ac.uk/policies/privacy/students/sanctuary-pre-applicant
Please also read the University’s main pre-applicant student notice. Information you need to know The Sanctuary Seekers’ Unit is part of the University of Leicester, who are the Data Controller for the information collected.
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Entrepreneurship and SMEs
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/finance-governance-and-enterprise/entrepreneurship-and-smes
The strength of the SME sector is often perceived as a barometer of a country's economic health.
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Radiographer lecturer receives MBE at Windsor Castle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/claire-robinson-mbe
Radiography senior lecturer Dr Claire Robinson beams with pride having received an MBE for services to forensic investigation.
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Stoneygate Trust and University of Leicester combine to create pioneering new Centre for Empathic Healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/empathic-health
The Stoneygate Trust and University of Leicester have combined to create a pioneering new Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare.
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Successful flight for aircraft carrying Leicesters pioneering NO2 scanner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/successful-flight-for-aircraft-carrying-leicester2019s-pioneering-no2-scanner
Our University has successfully carried out the flight of an aircraft equipped with pioneering space technology to measure air pollution, in particular nitrogen dioxide (NO2), in the environment.