Search

8945 results for: ‘map’

• 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.

• Professor Sir Robert Burgess

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/sir-bob-burgess

  The University of Leicester has learned, with deep sadness, of the passing of our former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Robert Burgess. Read his obituary and submit a message of condolence.

• Anti Social Finance*

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/02/11/anti-social-finance/

  Posted by dharvie in School of Business Blog on February 11, 2015 Senior Lecturer in Finance and Political Economy, David Harvie , suggests the UK’s nascent social investment market is more a matter of imposing market discipline and less a matter of ‘doing well by doing good’.

• Citations

  https://le.ac.uk/parca-r/citations

  Explore the publications and citations for Parent Report of Children’s Abilities-Revised (PARCA-R) at the University of Leicester.

• Phenomenal space explosion astonishes Leicester researchers and shines a light on our own galaxy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/gamma-ray-burst-swift

  University of Leicester researchers have played crucial roles in discovering and analysing a gamma-ray burst at least 10 times brighter than anything NASA’s Swift mission has seen before.

• 1,800 year-old evidence of Roman worship found in Leicester Cathedral dig

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/cathedral-roman-worship

  University of Leicester Archaeological Services uncover evidence of a cellar and altar stone from the Roman period thought to be a private shrine or cult room, suggesting the site of Leicester Cathedral has seen religious observance for nearly 1,800 years

• Top honours for nine influential individuals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/01-honorary-degrees

  Influential individuals from the worlds of business, art, education, and more have received honorary degrees from the University of Leicester.

• High-speed supernova reveals earliest moments of a dying star

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/17-physics-cocoon

  'Hot cocoon' of material enveloping a relativistic jet escaping a dying star. Artist’s impression by Anna Serena Esposito 'Hot cocoon' of material enveloping a relativistic jet escaping a dying star.

• Air pollution speeds up ageing of the lungs and increases chronic lung disease risk

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/09-air-pollution-lung-function-copd

  A study of more than 300,000 people has found that exposure to outdoor air pollution is linked to decreased lung function and an increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

• Pioneering African mental health study receives millions in funding from Wellcome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/neet

  A Wellcome-funded study led by the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of Leicester and others, aims to identify predictors of depression among NEET youth in Africa.