Search
-
Traumatised children worldwide to be helped by major project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/traumatised-children-worldwide-to-be-helped-by-major-project
Professor Panos Vostanis from the Greenwood Institute of Child Health based at the University's School of Psychology will be embarking on a global mission to help child victims of trauma in low income countries around the world.
-
Governments more likely to be responsive when strong public opposition is voiced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/governments-more-likely-to-be-responsive-when-strong-public-opposition-is-voiced
Governments often ignore public opposition to their policies but they are far less likely to do so when public opinion is strongly and consistently expressed through surveys and on the streets, says a University of Leicester Politics expert.
-
No smoking matter 15 cigarettes in 75 minutes in a car could render you unconscious
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/no-smoking-matter-smoking-for-75-minutes-in-a-car-could-render-you-unconscious
It was announced earlier this month that drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their cars from October if they are carrying children as passengers.
-
Helping hedgehogs project to challenge alarming UK wildlife decline
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/helping-hedgehogs-project-to-challenge-alarming-uk-wildlife-decline
Snuffling hedgehogs visiting gardens throughout the United Kingdom are becoming less common due to declining populations – and an event organised by Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust at the Botanic Garden on Saturday 24 October hopes to challenge this worrying trend.
-
Genetics PhD students photograph wins University competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/genetics-phd-students-photograph-wins-university-competition
Shane Hussey, a PhD student in the Department of Genetics, has won the Graduate School’s second PhDepictions photography competition. The runner-up prize went to Joe Emmings of the Department of Geology.
-
Geneticist roped into abseiling challenge for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/geneticist-roped-into-abseiling-challenge-for-charity
Many people climb new heights for charity, but one of our geneticists will be descending instead, very carefully, down a sheer drop to support his cause.
-
Oral history
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history
Learn more about the origins of oral history, its value in academia and how you could find out more about it.
-
Mini-course and project resources
https://le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/project-resources
Session 4 Students will be given a space to draw and/or write down their own responses to the pandemic and what they’ve learnt during the course. They will be invited to share what they have created, and what the cartoon means to them.
-
So that they may have life: a film
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/so-that-they-may-have-life
Watch our Centenary celebration video, 'So that they may have life', and learn about Dr Astley Clarke's involvement in the founding of the University
-
Legal
https://le.ac.uk/policies/legal
Read the legal terms and conditions for the University of Leicester.