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Social media to create earlywarning systems to combat future disasters
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/social-media-to-create-2018early-warning-systems2019-to-combat-future-disasters
Researchers from the Department of Media and Communication are examining how communities can use social media to improve their resilience to both human-made and natural disasters – such as the recent Nepal earthquake or the sinking of ships that left thousands...
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Emeritus Professor Peter Harvey
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/peter-harvey
We have learned the sad news that Professor Peter Harvey, Emeritus Professor in Geomathematics in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment passed away on 10 January 2024.
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Participant Testimonials
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/executive-education-programmes/help-to-grow-management-programme/help-to-grow-testimonials
Anna Brown We Love Surveys Jack Day Chefs Bay Hospitality Ltd Sue Keogh Sookio Ltd Sanjay Gogia Notary Training Louise Cornell Collective Community Planning Lisa Kettell Kettle Windows Hannah Nicholls Nicholls Law Group Ltd Annie Browne Hello My PA Jonny...
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Why Academics Need to Engage in Public and Political Discourse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2020/08/04/why-academics-need-to-engage-in-public-and-political-discourse/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on August 4, 2020 People often struggle to distinguish between the advice of a charlatan and an expert, meaning that academic input into public discussions of important issues such as COVID-19 is vital, writes Aris...
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The Nineteenth Century Series
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/research/19th-century-series
Co-edited by Associate Professor Julian North and Professor Joanne Shattock, both of the Victorian Studies Centre, the Nineteenth Century Series aims to develop new approaches in scholarship and criticism on 19th-century literature and culture.
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Up to a third of people with type 2 diabetes not taking prescriptions properly
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/05-type-2-diabetes-prescriptions
Leicester researchers have used a unique screening approach to suggest that nearly a third of people with type 2 diabetes may be putting their health at risk because they are not taking their medications correctly.
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Leading Leicester cardiologists nominated for British Heart Foundation Heart Hero award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leading-leicester-cardiologists-nominated-for-british-heart-foundation-2018heart-hero2019-award
Two leading Leicester doctors who have put their “heart and soul” into pioneering medical research have been nominated for a top regional award later this year.
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Colonial Countryside
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/commissions/colonial-countryside
The Colonial Countryside project assembles authors, writers, historians and primary pupils to explore country houses’ Caribbean and East India Company connections. It commissions, resources and publishes new writing.
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Writing the Magic of the Criminal Corpse. By Owen Davies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/11/02/writing-the-magic-of-the-criminal-corpse-by-owen-davies/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on November 2, 2015 It is that time in a major research project when the final outputs are being worked on.
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Leicestershire County Council
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/about/partners/leicestershire-county-council
The East Midlands Oral History Archive is supported by Leicestershire County Council with physical material (such as cassette tapes and reel-to-reel tapes) being held in the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, based in Wigston Magna.