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University of Leicester receives funding to tackle the ‘Missing Element’ in chemistry diversity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/chemistry-diversity-student
£60,000 grant will create a network for undergraduate chemistry students from minority ethnic backgrounds at the University of Leicester and will support paid summer placements to boost research experience needed for postgraduate study
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University building to be named after first female professor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/university-building-to-be-named-after-first-female-professor
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has announced that a building at the University is to be named after its first female professor.
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University pals rally together to raise funds for cancer treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/university-pals-rally-together-to-raise-funds-for-cancer-treatment
Friends and well-wishers from the University of Leicester are rallying together to support a graduate of the university in need of urgent treatment for cancer.
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The University of Leicester receives further £1.25 million to fund world-leading social sciences research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/esrc-impact
University of Leicester has been awarded an additional £1.25 million by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to support its world-leading social sciences research.
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Sports scholarship
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts/sports
Offering additional support, the Platinum Sports Scholarship helps students continue their sporting lives alongside their academic studies while at Leicester.
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Leicester students are helping local businesses to become more sustainable
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/12-social-impact-ambassadors
Social Impact Ambassadors programme sees University of Leicester students helping Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to innovate with a free sustainability audit.
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Sports scholarships
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/sports
The University of Leicester support individual student athletes to pursue the highest levels in their sport, alongside their academic studies, whilst benefitting from a range of benefits, aimed at assisting each individual to reach their potential.
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Black History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/black-history-month-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 Essential Guide to Black British History A handy guide produced by BBC History Extra magazine which is designed to interest the general reader.
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April Book Group: The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/02/28/aprilbookgroup/
Details of the April Waugh Book Group meeting.
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Violence against women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/07/violence-against-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 7, 2014 Violence against Women in the UK According to a recent survey conducted by the European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights which was published this week, the UK is ranked...