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Buy Nothing Day: Critical Management in Action
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2013/11/30/buy-nothing-day-critical-management-in-action/
Posted by Jennifer Smith Maguire in School of Business Blog on November 30, 2013 On the day after Black Friday, Jennifer Smith Maguire, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Production and Consumption at the School, discusses the goals and history of ‘Buy Nothing Day’.
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Sludge in Healthcare
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/10/18/82/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on October 18, 2018 This week Richard Thaler, who wrote ‘Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness ’, published “Nudge, Not Sludge” in Science .
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Talks for schools
https://le.ac.uk/gge/outreach/talks-schools
In the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, we offer a series of talks for schools aimed at A2- and AS-level students. Topics include earthquakes, oceans, prehistoric weather and more. Find out more and how to book.
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F.L. Attenborough Lecture: Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/senior-management/executive-board/president-and-vice-chancellor/literary-philosophical-speech
Celebrating the University of Leicester’s Centenary 21 February 2022 Good evening everyone. It is an honour and a privilege to stand before you today to deliver the F L Attenborough Lecture on Celebrating the University of Leicester’s Centenary.
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Autumn 2020 newsletter
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/patient-carer-group/newsletters/autumn-2020
We continue to sail into uncharted waters and Leicester City has experienced more challenges than many areas of the UK, however, our destination appears just visible on the horizon.
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Ghoulish practice of gibbeting corpses haunted public of the eighteenth century
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting-corpses-haunted-public-of-the-eighteenth-century
Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by. But some of the disturbing practices from history might be more harrowing than a modern audience is used to encountering.
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By women, for women – University of Leicester unveils transformative leadership programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/beyond-boundaries
Women who want to break new ground in their professional lives are being encouraged to sign up for a leadership programme from the University of Leicester.
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Seminars and events
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/seminars-and-events
LeMID host a range of seminars and events with internal and external professionals, presenting a variety of ground-breaking research.
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University launches scheme to encourage graduates to stay in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/graduate-internships
The University of Leicester has worked with Leicester City Council and De Montfort University to set up an internship scheme that will support small businesses to offer workplace opportunities to students. The scheme will see more than £1.
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Facilities
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities
Core Biotechnology Services provides a range of equipment and support across a number of facilities, including: advanced imaging, preclinical imaging and electron microscopy.