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A tulip bulb, the value of which would have fed ‘a whole ship’s crew for a twelvemonth’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/04/07/a-tulip-bulb-the-value-of-which-would-have-fed-a-whole-ships-crew-for-a-twelvemonth/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 7, 2017 The tulip, with its bold, eye-catching flowers in a wide variety of gorgeous colours, is in bloom, in many of our spring gardens, making one of their most striking features.
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University professor joins stars in cancer fight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-professor-joins-stars-in-cancer-fight
A leading scientist from our University has teamed up with Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 to launch a celebrity-backed fund-raiser.
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Historical directories
https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/explore/historical-directories
a digital collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century trade and local directories for family, local and urban historians
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About the project
https://le.ac.uk/insular-manuscripts/about-insular-manuscripts
The Insular Manuscripts project will publish an online listing of all known Insular Manuscripts dating before circa 850. We are aiming also to deliver a collection of all Insular Manuscripts that are currently available through the International Image Interoperability Framework.
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Leicester Physics Centre
https://le.ac.uk/physics/outreach/leicester-physics-centre
The Leicester Physics Centre is sponsored by the East Midlands Branch of the Institute of Physics and hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester.
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Evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams
https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study/healthcare-teams
Find out more about the evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams course at the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare.
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Partnership to equip ethnically diverse sports leaders of the future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/sporting-equals
Leicester City’s Premier League-winning captain Wes Morgan, now part of the Premier League’s Advisory Board on ethnically diverse communities, was also on hand to meet the students, and to explain an athlete’s role in promoting diversity and inclusion.
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Chains of Finance and how they matter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/04/26/chains-of-finance-and-how-they-matter/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on April 26, 2018 In this blog Dr Ekaterina Svetlova discusses her recently published book – an insider perspective on the investment industry – arguing that the industry should be seen more as a chain of...
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Expert opinions cover museums Donald Trump driverless cars nuclear weapons Brexit craftivism and managers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/expert-opinions-cover-museums-donald-trump-driverless-cars-nuclear-weapons-and-brexit
Robin Clarke from the School of Museum Studies has discussed how museums can respond to the rise of the far-right in Europe.
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Holocaust Memorial Day, Holocaust denial and museums
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2019/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day-holocaust-denial-and-museums/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on January 27, 2019 The camp gate at Buchenwald. Photo: Guido Radig [CC BY 3.