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11612 results for: ‘museum studies’

• Runic charms and boat burials to be discussed at Viking symposium

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/runic-charms-and-boat-burials-to-be-discussed-at-upcoming-symposium

  From burials in boats to the perceived magical properties of runic charms, members of the public are invited to come together at the University to learn about the latest research developments in the world of Vikings during the annual Midlands Viking Symposium on Saturday 25...

• Lad culture in education promotes misogynistic messages researchers say

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/lad-culture2019-in-education-promotes-misogynistic-messages-researchers-say

  Researchers will be debating the rise of ‘lad culture’ in education and how it promotes a ‘nexus of sexism’ at an upcoming free public event on 22 June.

• New employability report published

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-employability-report-published

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle (pictured) has highlighted concerns relating to employment among students from disadvantaged communities.

• Hilary Burgess

  https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/hilary-burgess

  Professor Hilary Burgess came to Leicester in 2010 from a position at the Open University, joining her husband Robert Burgess, who had been Vice-Chancellor since 1999.

• Professional Services Staff

  https://le.ac.uk/politics/people/professional-services-staff

  Browse a list of the professional services staff currently working in Politics and International Relations at Leicester. Find out ways to get in touch via telephone and email.

• Professional services staff

  https://le.ac.uk/history/people/professional-services-staff

  Browse a list of the professional services staff currently working in History at Leicester. Find out ways to get in touch via telephone and email.

• 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2023

  2023 Spring Seminar Series: Global Victorians Tiny Traces: Uncovering the Lives of African and Asian Children at London's Foundling Hospital 8 March Speaker: Hannah Dennett (University of Warwick) In-person: Fielding Johnson South Wing, Ogden Lewis 1 ...

• Making space accessible

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/space-accessible

  We enable spacecraft power generation and thermal management by developing power systems that enable electricity generation from the rare element americium.

• Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ more widespread than previously thought

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/animal-magnetic

  A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at The Universities of Leicester and Manchester, suggests the animal world’s ability to sense a magnetic field may be more widespread than previously thought.

• Race and Health Observatory to work with UK academic team to explore impact of long-COVID on UK healthcare workers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/reach-out

  The NHS Race and Health Observatory has today announced the start of a three-year study to investigate the long-term impact of COVID on NHS healthcare workers (HCWs) across the UK from diverse ethnic backgrounds and roles.