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The human legacy of American troops in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-human-legacy-of-american-troops-in-leicester
The story of American soldiers in Leicester during World War Two is well known, as are the many wartime romances and the story of GI brides who married Americans and left the city at the end of the war.
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Leicester celebrates World Book Night
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-celebrates-world-book-night
To celebrate World Book Night, this year the University successfully applied to be a volunteer institution, and hand out out books to share a love of reading with those in the local community Since 2011, over two million books have been given away by thousands of...
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Leicester Astronomers aid project to identify start of lunar month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicester-astronomers-aid-project-to-identify-start-of-lunar-month
Leicester Astronomers aid project to identify start of lunar month Leicester Astronomers aid project to identify start of lunar month 700| Collaboration to determine start of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar.
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University of Leicester history expert to judge non-fiction book prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/clare-anderson
A Professor of History from the University of Leicester has been appointed to the judging panel of this year's PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize.
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High praise for Leicester data mining teams research into trauma patient deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/high-praise-for-leicester-data-mining-team2019s-research-into-trauma-patient-deaths
A successful collaboration between the Leicester Applied Mathematics data mining team together with colleagues from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences examining mortality after trauma has been highlighted as ‘honoured’ and ‘esteemed’ by the journal Computers in Biology...
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Mike Le Bas
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/mike-le-bas
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Michael John Le Bas, who was Senior Lecturer in Igneous Petrology in the Department of Geology from 1961 to 1992.
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The unintended consequences of MOOCs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/04/18/the-unintended-consequences-of-moocs/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on April 18, 2018 I attended the Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning (RIDE) conference in March, and a session I found particularly interesting was a...
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How do your students view/use ‘learning outcomes’? Participate in our study to find out – University
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/10/02/participatestudy/
The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. How do your students view/use 'learning outcomes'? Participate in our study to find out.
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Catherine Leyland
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/author/cl250/
Learning Technologist in the Leicester Learning Institute.
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Inclusivity in higher education: a learning developer’s perspective
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/11/02/inclusivity-in-higher-education-a-learning-developers-perspective/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 2, 2018 It’s been really encouraging to see the renewed focus on inclusivity in recent weeks and months, and hopefully this will lead to real positive changes in the way we...