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• May Day: early 19th century traditions

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/04/29/may-day-early-19th-century-traditions/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2016 Laying May branches Whilst many associate traditional celebrations of May Day with maypoles and Morris dancers, one early nineteenth century custom featured ‘Mayers’ (those included in May Day...

• Leicester receives record Turing Scheme funding

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/turing

  Having secured its largest-ever single grant for overseas mobility in 2023, Leicester has once more successfully bid for Turing funding to support outbound student mobility.

• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/112/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Celebrating 40 years of DNA fingerprinting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/dna-fingerprinting

  Today (10 September) marks the 40th anniversary of a ground-breaking discovery that transformed the way criminal investigations were carried out: DNA fingerprinting.

• Employment lecturer authors new report on Leicesters textile sector

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/employment-lecturer-authors-new-report-on-leicesters-textile-sector

  Dr Nik Hammer (pictured), Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Centre for Sustainable Work and Employment Futures in the School of Management - working with the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) - has authored a new report examining Leicester's textile sector.

• Undergraduate online taster talks

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/online-taster-sessions

  Book onto one of our online taster talks, hosted live by our expert academics, to find out more about studying a range of subjects at the University of Leicester.

• Effective crew resource management vital to police air support, research shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/npas

  The CRM framework has been applied to NPAS training and operations for many years, but Dr Bennett’s project was the first time the organisation’s application of CRM techniques has been studied sociologically, specifically through in-vivo ethnographic research.

• Centre for New Writing Events Sept-Dec 2013 University of Leicester staff blogs

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/17/centre-for-new-writing-events-sept-dec-2013/

  Posted by corinnefowler in School of English Blog on September 17, 2013 SuAndi We have planned an exciting programme of free literary events this semester at the Centre for New Writing (CNW).

• Leicester experts contribute to House of Lords report on premature baby care

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/premature-babies

  Experts from the University of Leicester have given evidence into the prevalence and impact of preterm birth as part of a report to be published by the House of Lords.

• Suggested reading

  https://le.ac.uk/english/study/undergraduate/suggested-reading

  During your first year at Leicester, you’ll study modules that will introduce you to the four fundamental areas of English – prose, poetry, drama and academic writing – as well as the skills and methodologies appropriate to each.