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Esteemed academics from top UK universities to take part in Black in Academia panel event at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/esteemed-academics-from-top-uk-universities-to-take-part-in-2018black-in-academia2019-panel-event-at-leicester
An upcoming event at the University of Leicester will see some of Britain’s leading academic minds take part in a discussion on equality in Higher Education on Thursday 26 October.
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Joe Ortons life and legacy celebrated in three East Midlands exhibitions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/joe-ortons-life-and-legacy-celebrated-in-three-east-midlands-exhibitions
A renowned University of Leicester expert on playwright Joe Orton is involved in three public exhibitions about his life and work.
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Project to improve distraction burglary police detection
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/project-to-improve-distraction-burglary-police-detection
A new ‘best practice’ guide to help police forces detect cases of distraction burglary throughout the UK is being developed by our criminologists.
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Graham Benskin
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/graham-benskin
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Mr Graham Benskin, who worked in the Botanic Garden for more than 40 years. Graham began his horticultural career at Leicester Parks Department before becoming a student at the Royal Horticultural College at Wisley.
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Leicester geneticists to present at Who Do You Think You Are Live
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-geneticists-to-present-at-who-do-you-think-you-are-live
Geneticists from the University of Leicester will discuss the discovery of Richard III and genealogical research in presentations at Who Do You Think You Are? Live at the NEC Birmingham on Thursday 6 April and Friday 7 April.
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New course to teach how modern museums can improve health and human rights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/new-course-to-teach-how-modern-museums-can-improve-health-and-human-rights
The world’s first ‘Massive Open Online Course’ (MOOC) in Museum Studies is to be launched by the University, providing people with the opportunity to learn about how the modern 21st century museum can contribute to agendas such as social justice, human rights and health and...
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American Studies student to take the long way home for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/american-studies-student-to-take-the-long-way-home-for-charity
A student will join one of his oldest friends on a daunting 60-mile-a-day cycling trip from Austria to England in a mere 24 days.
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Advanced Solo Mechanics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/eg4416
Module code: EG4116
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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 15
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/15/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Psychology and Crime
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr2009
Module code: CR2009 One of the key areas of interest in Criminology is exploring the reasons why people commit crime. Many theories have been developed in an attempt to account for the motivation and causes of offending behaviour.