Search
-
Masai charity mission for Mazin
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/masaai-charity-mission-for-mazin
Final year Medical Genetics student Mazin Mirza (pictured) is planning to live amongst the Masaai tribespeople of Kenya and raise money for charity.
-
The EU Why leaving is bad for Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/the-eu-why-leaving-is-bad-for-britain
With the country divided and just a few days left to decide, tensions are mounting on both sides of the debate. From the Brexiteers, there are cries of the cost of the EU, while from the Remain camp, you'll hear estimates of the cost of leaving it.
-
Leicester’s Centenary Scholars celebrate role in University’s first Century
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/centenary-scholar
100 Citizens of Change Scholarships, worth up to £7,500, were awarded to students who submitted videos answering the question ‘what do you want to change?’.
-
Evelyn Waugh Newsletter in Special Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/14/specialcolls/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on May 14, 2014 Well, it’s taken a while but we finally did it – the entire back-catalogue of the Evelyn Waugh Newsletter (1967-1989), Evelyn Waugh Newsletter and Studies (1990-2010) and Evelyn Waugh Studies (2011-) is now...
-
Observing Jupiter’s Weather – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/28/observing-jupiters-fierce-weather-from-the-ground/
Posted by Henrik Melin in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on June 28, 2016 In late April 2016, I had the privilege of spending a few weeks in Hawaii, observing on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, using a spectrograph called TEXES.
-
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and microbial stress responses
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/amr-and-stress-responses
Antimicrobial resistance is a global issue that requires an in depth understanding of how resistance is acquired by microbes, including when under environmental stress, alongside innovative thinking to target resistance organisms.
-
Sweet genes – not sweet dreams - could explain why a bad night’s sleep makes you older
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/sleep
New funding support to research teams at University of Leicester to study sleep’s effects on ageing epigenetics Changes to our DNA occur as we get older and could be affected by sleep disturbance Scientists aim to find out whether this epigenetic clock plays a...
-
Clearing 2022: Change of heart sees outstanding Olivia find “second home”
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/clearing-olivia
Olivia graduated in 2022 and has a place to start her Legal Practice Course (LPC) at the University of Law this September, while already gaining experience with high-street law firm Slater & Gordon.
-
What others think of us is none of our business
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/04/17/what-others-think-of-us-is-none-of-our-business/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on April 17, 2018 This morning I learned that someone from my childhood in another country has died. It is sad above all else for his family and friends, of whom I believe he had many.
-
Evelyn Waugh and His Circle: Reading and Editing the Complete Works
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/27/evelyn-waugh-and-his-circle-reading-and-editing-the-complete-works/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on May 27, 2014 As many of you might know already, in 2015 we are planning a glitzy international Evelyn Waugh conference here in Leicester. Richard III is SO 2013.