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• Higher Education

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/higher-education/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 Alternative pathways into higher education is an extensive free list curated by Newcastle University Australia It includes sections on widening participation and social justice.

• Summer School to help raise aspirations of young people in care

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/summer-school-to-help-raise-aspirations-of-young-people-in-care

  The University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Loughborough University will be hosting their tenth annual Summer School event, which aims to improve the life chances of young people in public care.

• Free language taster sessions from Languages at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/free-language-taster-sessions-from-languages-at-leicester

  A long-running language learning programme offering over a dozen languages is offering members of the public the opportunity to try a new language for free.

• Plans for extra Heathrow runway are already obsolete says University of Leicester academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/plans-for-extra-heathrow-runway-are-2018already-obsolete2019-says-university-of-leicester-academic

  Dr Simon Bennett from the University's School of Business has told a Commons Transport Select Committee that plans to build a new runway at Heathrow are ‘already obsolete’.

• Cohort-building

  https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/wellcome-trust-dtp/cohort-building

  Cohort-building in PhD programmes facilitates the development of deep and lasting relationships that will create a sense of belonging, peer and professional support and signposting to professional networks to enable effective career planning.

• Get to know your brain at Neuroscience events for Brain Awareness Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/neuroscience-research-demonstrated-for-brain-awareness-day-1

  The University will be hosting two events for Brain Awareness Day on Wednesday 15 March. GCSE and A-Level students are invited to attend an afternoon of activities which will explain a range of brain research between 12.30-3.30pm followed by an evening event for all from 6pm.

• Strategic Human Resource Management

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mn3012

  Module code: MN3102 The module provides theoretical and practical insights into how Human Resource Management (HRM) can be deployed to influence overall organisation strategy.

• Taking to new heights to help beat cancer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/taking-to-new-heights-to-help-beat-cancer

  A Leicester man is taking fundraising to new heights – 15,000ft, to be precise. on Saturday 8 August 2015 at Hibaldstow Airfield in Lincolnshire.

• University renews partnership with Santander Universities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-renews-partnership-with-santander-universities

  Our University is to receive more funding from Santander Universities UK, bringing the value of the next three years of this partnership to over £300,000.

• Study suggests physical activity and functional ability increase after weight loss surgery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/study-suggests-physical-activity-and-functional-ability-increase-after-weight-loss-surgery

  People who have their stomach size surgically reduced move around more and easier after weight loss surgery, a study led by Leicester researchers has found.