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Edward Derbyshire
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/edward-derbyshire
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Edward Derbyshire, former Head of the Department of Geography, who passed away on 9 July 2024.
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Study finds higher-earning men would take a pay cut to spend more time with partners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/study-finds-higher-earning-men-would-take-a-pay-cut-to-spend-more-time-with-partners
Most men in Europe want to spend fewer hours at work and more time with their families even though it would cut their income, a major study on employment published in the journal Sociology shows.
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Watching the Detectives: Crime on the Page and Screen
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ha3489
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Watching the Detectives: Crime on the Page and Screen
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ha3489
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First prize in poetry competition for Leicester academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/first-prize-in-poetry-competition-for-leicester-academic
A University of Leicester academic has won first prize in a poetry competition. Dr Sue Dymoke, Reader in Education in the School of Education took part in the Nottingham Historic Green Spaces Poetry Competition.
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Mythbusting coronavirus from Amazon to Zoflora: cleaning facts and fiction
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/24-mythbusting-coronavirus
How long can coronavirus survive on your Amazon parcels, and should you disinfect your shopping trolly when going to the supermarket? According Dr Primrose Freestone, Associate Professor in Clinical Microbiology at The University of Leicester, it can take up to 24hrs for...
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SMEs to benefit from new space tech accelerator
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/20-space-park-star
Space Park Leicester has been awarded a grant of just over two million pounds from the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership’s (LLEP) European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to match the University of Leicester’s investment of just over £2.
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Thinking About Convict Objects, in French Guiana
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/11/28/thinking-about-convict-objects-in-french-guiana/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 28, 2015 In the Musée Départemental Alexandre Franconie in Cayenne there is a room dedicated to the history of the French colonial bagne (prison).
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ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti: National Space Centre Live Q&A
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/25/esa-astronaut-samantha-cristoforetti-national-space-centre-live-qa/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 November 2020 Join the National Space Centre on Friday 27th November at 19:00 for a special #SciFRI, as ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti takes part in a live Q&A session.
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Spanish Pacific – the exhibition and the catalogue
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/06/18/spanish-pacific-the-exhibition-and-the-catalogue/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on June 18, 2014 During my research trip to Seville in January 2014, and then again in March, I had the opportunity to visit the exhibition Pacífico: España y la aventura de la Mar del Sur ( Pacific : Spain...