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Flaring star could be down to young planet’s disc inferno
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/planetary-disc-inferno
New simulations led by University of Leicester offer new explanation for star’s 85-year flare. In this scenario, a young giant planet is burning up very close to its star, suggesting solar systems may have hosted many of such planets that have since ‘evaporated’
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More attention needed on employee involvement to fix Britains productivity problem
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/more-attention-needed-for-the-2018human-factor2019-in-management
A report entitled Involvement and Productivity – The missing piece of the puzzle?’ released this week by the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) argues that effective employee involvement at work is essential to boosting productivity in the UK.
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EAGLE
https://le.ac.uk/clcr/research-projects/eagle
The EAGLE project aims to achieve renewable energy targets needed to accelerate market penetration of Renewable Energy Systems.
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Steering Committee (including members of Executive Group)
https://le.ac.uk/bhf-accelerator/people/steering-group
Steering Committee oversee the whole initiative
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The Oxford Group
https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/the-oxford-group
Our two-year Leverhulme-funded research project examines the contribution made to the emergence (or rather re-emergence) of the idea of animal rights made by a group of young people - mainly postgraduate philosophy students - who congregated in Oxford for a few short years -...
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Shanty Towns and Museums in Rio de Janeiro
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2013/04/03/shanty-towns-and-museums-in-rio-de-janeiro/
Posted by Sheila Watson in School of Museum Studies Blog on April 3, 2013 Every now and then something takes your breath away and makes you rethink everything you ever thought you knew about museums.
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We should be paying more Tax, Not Less!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/12/03/we-should-be-paying-more-tax-not-less/
Posted by Richard Courtney in School of Business Blog on December 3, 2014 On the day of 2014’s Autumn Statement, Richard Courtney , Lecturer in Employment Studies at the School, opposes the ideology of minimum taxation I used to get excited by budget statements.
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Student raises over 12000 for The Myton Hospices in memory of her mum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/student-raises-over-ps12-000-for-the-myton-hospices-in-memory-of-her-mum
A tenacious student from our University has spent the last year working tirelessly to raise money for The Myton Hospices as thanks for the fantastic support they gave her mum during her final days in their care.
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Key deadlines
https://le.ac.uk/graduation/dates-times/key-deadlines
Find out key dates to: register for University of Leicester graduation, order academic dress (gown hat and hood), and request additional guest tickets.
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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.