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Neurobiology, Animal Behaviour and Evolution in the Field
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/nt3007
Module code: NT3007 This module will provide an understanding of both the neural and the evolutionary basis of animal behaviour. In the first half of the module, you will focus on how nervous systems function to generate behaviour in a range of animal species.
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Dialect
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/dialect
A research project conducted by researchers from Nottingham Trent University and the Univeristy of Leicester aimed to find differences in regional dialects in the East Midlands over the past century. Learn more.
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Academic publishes one of the best books of the year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/academic-publishes-one-of-the-best-books-of-the-year
A book by University of Leicester academic Dr Kate Loveman has been cited among the best books of the year.
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Leicester conservation project to save threatened wildflowers from extinction
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-conservation-project-to-save-threatened-wildflowers-from-extinction
A new project at our University hopes to save rare and threatened local wildflowers from across Leicestershire and Rutland from extinction.
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Local charity donates equipment to diabetes centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/local-charity-donates-equipment-to-diabetes-centre
A charity has donated a state-of-the-art treadmill to the Leicester Diabetes Research centre to help progress research into the condition.
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Awards winning comedian, Francesca Martinez, reflects on her involvement in a Research Centre for Mu
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2017/02/24/awards-winning-comedian-francesca-martinez-reflects-on-her-involvement-in-a-research-centre-for-museums-and-galleries-project-exceptional-extraordinary/
Posted by Sarah Plumb in School of Museum Studies Blog on February 24, 2017 Exceptional & Extraordinary was a research project initiated by the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) at the University of Leicester which set out to stimulate public and medical...
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Pick your poison study examines the use of plant poison on prehistoric weaponry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/pick-your-poison-study-examines-the-use-of-plant-poison-on-prehistoric-weaponry
Archaeologists have long believed that our ancestors used poisons extracted from plants such as foxgloves and hemlock to make their weapons more lethal and kill their prey more swiftly.
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The Carceral Archipelago conference – an early career perspective
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/09/28/the-carceral-archipelago-conference-an-early-career-perspective/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on September 28, 2015 By Jennie Jeppesen.
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The Platform recordings – trains, planes, automobiles and volunteers.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/01/28/the-platform-recordings-trains-planes-automobiles-and-volunteers/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on January 28, 2020 In 1974 John Kirby and Geoff Smith started ‘Platform’, a BBC Radio Leicester series about transport.
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University of Nottingham Special Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/11/29/university-of-nottingham-special-collections/
A page describing the digitisation work UOSH has done with the collections of the University of Nottingham Special Collections