Search

21241 results for: ‘%s’

• Universities call on communities to shape research to solve real-life problems

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-universities-communities-research-solve-real-life-problems

  Community organisations across Leicester and Leicestershire are being offered the chance to steer university research.

• Women in the 2019 Indian elections – are they the silent majority?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/women-in-the-2019-indian-elections-are-they-the-silent-majority/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 According to the  Times of India  women are likely to be the silent ‘majority’ as female turnout is predicted to be higher than men’s.

• How do we put the ‘Public Health’ into Violence Reduction?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/09/28/how-do-we-put-the-public-health-into-violence-reduction/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on September 28, 2023 Matt Hopkins – Associate Professor and Violence Hub Lead, Centre for Hate Studies Public health approaches to violence reduction are very much in vogue.

• Conference to examine effectiveness of government drive to widen access to university

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/conference-to-examine-effectiveness-of-government-drive-to-widen-access-to-university

  How can young people from disadvantaged backgrounds be encouraged to attend university and gain a higher education? This question will be discussed at our University's Widening Participation Summit on 21 March when university staff will report on new initiatives and...

• National Space Centre Lockdown Thematic Weeks

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/05/12/national-space-centre-lockdown-thematic-weeks/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 May 2020 During the 2020 lockdown, the National Space Centre continued to engage a national audience with their space-themes videos.

• New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes worked on by Leicester scientists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/new-exoplanet-hunting-telescopes-worked-on-by-leicester-scientists

  A new project involving University scientists will search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence produce a slight dimming of the star’s light that can be detected by sensitive instruments.

• Gallery extension at Attenborough Arts Centre in the running for national award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/gallery-extension-at-attenborough-arts-centre-in-the-running-for-national-award

  The new gallery at our Attenborough Arts Centre, opened in January by Sir David Attenborough, is in the running for Best Inclusive Building at the national Local Authority Building Control Awards 2016 Grand Finals, alongside projects that include the Olympic Stadium in...

• Emeritus professor discusses experience of post-operative delirium following major heart surgery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/emeritus-professor-discusses-experience-of-post-operative-delirium-following-major-heart-surgery

  Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology Michael Wang from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has been interviewed by Imperial College London about experiencing post-operative delirium after major heart surgery in 2012.

• Elevate Grant

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/mrem-conference-2023/elevate-grant

  Information about the MREM initiative, the Elevate grant

• Leicester expert comments on new report into Class Pay Gap

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-expert-comments-on-new-report-into-class-pay-gap

  Dr Daniela Rudloff from the School of Business has commented on a new BBC Report on Social Mobility which found a class pay gap in a number of UK professions.