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• Is it possible to cry a river?

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/is-it-possible-to-cry-a-river-after-tottenhams-defeat-leicester-research-examines-plausibility-of-shedding-enough-tears-to-form-a-river

  Musicians Arthur Hamilton, Justin Timberlake and unsympathetic people across the world have encouraged others to ‘cry me a river’, a put-down phrase to make light of people’s problems.

• Writer as Intellectual and Physical Drifter: Dr Rob M Francis reflects on his role as David Bradshaw

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/07/03/writer-as-intellectual-and-physical-drifter-dr-rob-m-francis-reflects-on-his-role-as-david-bradshaw-creative-writer-in-residence-and-two-of-his-favourite-oxford-sites/

  Posted by gboland in Waugh and Words on July 3, 2019   It’s been an absolute pleasure to be the inaugural full time David Bradshaw Writer in Residence. I’ve been thrilled in so many ways and by so many aspects of this amazing project.

• Leicester plays key role in BBC Secret Life of Sue Townsend Aged 68 programme

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/the-secret-life-of-sue-townsend-aged-68-3-4

  Our University has played a key role in a new BBC programme on honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sue Townsend, who died in 2014.

• Digitally General: why digital is not always the answer

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/10/12/digitally-general-why-digital-is-not-always-the-answer/

  Posted by bcox in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 12, 2018 Making something digital does not always make it better. Why? It not the digital itself that it actually the issue.

• Useful Bloom taxonomy related websites/resources (and some critiques) – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/08/12/bloom/

  The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. Useful Bloom taxonomy related websites/resources - and some criticisms.

• Space Park Leicester - have your say

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/space-park-leicester-have-your-say

  The public is being invited to help shape the future of space development in Leicester. A consultation session is being held on Thursday 7 June, between 3pm and 7:30pm, for Space Park Leicester - a science park focused on the space and space-enabled industries.

• Using Theory in Improvement Research – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2015/06/25/theory-in-improvement/

  This SAPPHIRE blog argues that far from being overly complex and irrelevant, theory has a practical role to play in healthcare improvement. We all need to work to make theory more accessible for the front-line practitioners doing improvement work.

• Raptorman is conservation hero

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/international-accolade-for-graduate-whose-mission-is-to-save-vultures

  A Leicester graduate has been honoured by HRH Princess Royal for his conservation work to save vultures. Dr Munir Virani gained a Master’s degree in 1994 and a PhD in 2000, then under the supervision of Professor Emeritus David Harper.

• University to hold series of public events as part of Festival of Social Science

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/social-science

  The University of Leicester will host a series of events as part of the UK’s biggest celebration of social science research.

• EU at ‘critical point’ as Germany searches for Merkel successor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/eu-merkel

  A leading economist has warned that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s successor will have ‘big shoes to fill’ on the European stage, after describing her as ‘the continuity of Europe’.