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Educational policy and practice: how ‘evidence-based’ can or should it be?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/06/12/500/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 12, 2017 ‘On the research side, evidence-based education seems to favour a technocratic model in which it is assumed that the only relevant research questions are questions about...
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Blood clots during COVID-19 may be a cause of ongoing cognitive problems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/brain-fog
High levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including ‘brain fog’, giving a major clue as to one cause of their symptoms: blood clots
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Leicester to lead development of space instrument
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-to-lead-development-of-space-instrument
A space mission called SMILE (Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) which is a joint collaboration between scientists from the UK, Europe, Canada, the US and China, has received the go-ahead for an initial study phase this summer by the European Space Agency...
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Weight loss drug hope for patients with type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/weight-loss-drug-hope
Patients with type 2 diabetes that were treated with a weekly injection of the breakthrough drug Semaglutide were able to achieve an average weight loss of nearly 10kg, according to a new study published in The Lancet today.
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Cooking Inauthentically: An Experiment with Flaounes – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/04/07/cooking-inauthentically-an-experiment-with-flaounes/
Deborah Toner, the Project's PI, describes her first experience of cooking flaounes, a celebration Easter food from Cyprus, the challenge of finding "authentic" ingredients and the sense of occasion created by making a celebration food.
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Festive stories from Leicesters past
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/festive-christmas-stories-from-leicesters-past
Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat, so the popular rhyme goes - although for many it will be a plump turkey sitting upon the table during Christmas lunch.
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Doomsday Scenarios? Decisions, Deals and The Donald
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/02/07/doomsday-scenarios-decisions-deals-and-the-donald/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on February 7, 2017 Professor Rolland Munro discusses the difference between decision making, and doing deals.
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The Rise of Sustainability Reporting
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/02/12/the-rise-of-sustainability-reporting/
Posted by Michelle Spiteri-Bailey in School of Business Blog on February 12, 2014 Michelle Spiteri-Bailey, PhD Student and recent award winning essayist at the School, insists that the rise in Business Ethics and Stakeholder Theory will make accountancy more interesting but...
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Did the AIM fail to hit its targets?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/01/06/did-the-aim-fail-to-hit-its-targets/
Posted by in School of Business Blog on January 6, 2016 In a recently published paper, Stuart Macdonald , Visiting Professor at the School, critically assesses the performance of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) The AIM was established by the UK government...
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Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Representations in Marketing Require more Attention to Context.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2023/02/22/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-representations-in-marketing-require-more-attention-to-context/
Brands can play an important role in fostering inclusion in our increasingly diverse societies. 38% of the respondents to a recent survey conducted by Adobe, said that they are more likely to purchase products and services from brands that show diversity in their advertisements.