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Leicester is founding signatory for new pledge to support technicians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-is-founding-signatory-for-new-pledge-to-support-technicians
Today, more than 35 universities and research institutions from across the UK – including the University of Leicester - have backed a pledge to support their technicians.
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Expert opinions cover Airbnb and Rio the Turkish coup Jupiters Great Red Spot the refugee crisis and consumer justice
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-airbnb-and-rio-the-turkish-coup-and-jupiters-great-red-spot
Henrik Melin from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written a Staff Blog discussing the upper atmosphere of Jupiter.
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Child health lecture launches series celebrating Medical Schools 40th anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/child-health-lecture-launches-series-celebrating-medical-schools-40th-anniversary
The director of the country’s biggest study into child health will be presenting a lecture about the project on 10 September as the first of a series of lectures to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the University of Leicester Medical School.
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University Head of School selected as member of Blue Plaques Panel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/tilly-blyth-blue-plaque-panel
University of Leicester’s Head of Museum Studies has been announced as one of the newest members of English Heritage’s Blue Plaques Panel. Professor Tilly Blyth is one of four industry experts selected to help decide the newest additions to London’s blue plaque scheme.
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British summer holiday habits of the past explored by Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/british-summer-holiday-habits-of-the-past-explored-by-leicester-researchers
Visiting different countries and traveling the world is a common way people spend their summer holidays - but the historical British summer holiday would have been a much less frequent and far more local affair.
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University of Leicester School of Business celebrates significant growth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/ulsb
Over the last 18 months the University of Leicester School of Business (ULSB) has undergone extensive changes and experienced significant growth.
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2017 events
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/events/past-events/2017
Find summaries of all the events held by the Centre for New Writing in 2017.
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Emeritus Professor Ron Whittam FRS
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/ron-whittam
The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of Emeritus Professor Ronald Whittam FRS.
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Are Britons suffering too much stress?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/27/are-britons-suffering-too-much-stress/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2016 Certainly this month examinations cause anxiety for many! The ONS released some shocking statistics which showed a rise in student suicides in England and Wales 2014.
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Research degrees
https://le.ac.uk/politics/study/research-degrees
The School of History, Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester is committed to achieving excellence in research and to providing relevant and well-taught postgraduate programmes for our students.