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British developments in mining to be discussed at international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/british-developments-in-mining-to-be-discussed-at-international-conference
Professor Gawen Jenkin from the Department of Geology has been invited to Peru in September in order to discuss major British developments in mining and processing.
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Aspiring medics encouraged to explore a career in psychiatry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/aspiring-medics-encouraged-to-explore-a-career-in-psychiatry
Young people considering a career in medicine are invited to a conference that will help them on the route to achieving their ambitions and introduce psychiatry as an exciting medical discipline. The second ‘Medicine Calling’ conference will be held on Saturday 9 September 2017.
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Psychology annual lecture to explore controversy surrounding cognitive neuroscience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/psychology-annual-lecture-to-explore-controversy-surrounding-cognitive-neuroscience
Controversy surrounding the extent to which detailed information about brain activity can enhance our understanding of ourselves and how we tick will be examined at the annual Sluckin Lecture on 3 May.
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17m invested in Leicester to turn lab discoveries into new cancer drugs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/ps1-7m-invested-in-leicester-to-turn-lab-discoveries-into-new-cancer-drugs
Cancer Research UK has awarded the University £1.7 million through a new Centres Network Accelerator Award for research to crack the structure of molecules involved in cancer and to develop new drugs.
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Political activism and disability in art
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/political-activism-and-disability-in-art
Our University's new gallery at the Attenborough Arts Centre is to stage its inaugural exhibition from Wednesday 18 November 2015 to 17 January 2016.
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Oxford Professor to discuss the role of science in human existence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/oxford-professor-to-discuss-the-role-of-science-in-human-existence
An Oxford Professor is returning to his alma mater to discuss the great questions of what it means to exist and how science can shed light on the unknown at a free public lecture on Tuesday 17 November.
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University to host major conferences in 2016
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/university-to-host-four-conferences-in-2016
The University is preparing to host four major conferences next year in collaboration with Leicester Shire Promotions.
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Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050
Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades - at an event on Wednesday 25 November.
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Staff and students to climb Everest in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/staff-and-students-to-climb-everest-in-leicester
The Attenborough Tower, the tallest building on the University of Leicester’s campus, stands at 52 metres high. Mount Everest is 171 times higher, at 8848 metres. On Wednesday 6 May, between 9.30am and 3.
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University celebrates 50 years of media and communication research with international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/university-celebrates-50-years-of-media-and-communication-research-with-international-conference
More than 1,000 delegates from around the world are expected to attend an international conference at the University of Leicester next summer as part of the University’s celebrations of 50 years of media and communication research.