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University records
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/records
Browse the officers of University College Leicester from its founding in 1921 (as Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College) through to its award of the Royal Charter in 1957.
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Pioneering Leicester researcher ready for ‘mind-blowing’ space images
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/naomi-rowe-gurney
Raised in Newbury, Berskhire – on Watership Down, made famous by the fantasy novel – Naomi is also a pioneer as the first Black woman to receive a PhD from Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy.
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Scientists investigate if red grape chemical can keep bowel cancer at bay
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/karen-brown
Trial led by University of Leicester scientists is giving participants resveratrol as a potential prevention drug for bowel cancer.
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Reflections: a panel debate on the challenges and opportunities of lecture capture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/06/02/reflections-a-panel-debate-on-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-lecture-capture/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 2, 2016 The following questions and answers are taken from a panel debate on the challenges and opportunities of lecture capture, using questions submitted by participants...
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/author/leigh_fletcher/page/2/
The Jupiter Time Capsule Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on August 3, 2016 Given that we don’t yet know whether a planetary core exists within Jupiter, much of our understanding of giant planet formation comes from a...
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Edward Derbyshire
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/edward-derbyshire
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Edward Derbyshire, former Head of the Department of Geography, who passed away on 9 July 2024.
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Research offers reassurance over multiple artery procedures for heart attack victims
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/research-offers-reassurance-over-multiple-artery-procedures-for-heart-attack-victims
A new study led by Dr Gerry McCann, NIHR Career Development Fellow from the University and Leicester's Hospitals, has examined the effects on the heart of treating multiple narrowed arteries - rather than just one – at the time of a heart attack.
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Previous research events
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/research-events/previous-research-events
Our previous research seminars and events are diverse and topical
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Research Designs in Applied Health
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb7056
Module code: MB7056 This module acts as a foundation for your dissertation if you are studying for an MSc, providing you with the core research skills you will need Topics covered Contemporary issues and debates in research Theories/paradigms of research Ethics...
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The Knowledge ‘versus’ Skills Debate, Part 2: What about ‘transferable skills’?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/24/the-knowledge-versus-skills-debate-part-2-what-about-transferable-skills/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 24, 2018 In the first part of this post, I discussed the need to develop more broad and inclusive understandings of knowledge and to move away from unhelpfully simplistic and...