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The Plight of the Mandatory Volunteer Worker
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/06/03/the-plight-of-the-mandatory-volunteer-worker/
Posted by Vanessa Beck in School of Business Blog on June 3, 2015 Lecturer in Employment Studies at the School, Vanessa Beck , considers the economic implications of the legal expectations placed on the contemporary unemployed The social security and support infrastructure...
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Using Theory in Improvement Research – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2015/06/25/theory-in-improvement/
This SAPPHIRE blog argues that far from being overly complex and irrelevant, theory has a practical role to play in healthcare improvement. We all need to work to make theory more accessible for the front-line practitioners doing improvement work.
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The ‘Learning Outcomes Project’: update on activities – University of Leicester.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/11/24/projupdate/
The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. The 'Learning Outcomes Project': update on activities.
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Guest Post: Leadership Is Vital … Especially for Medical Students
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/11/26/guest-post-leadership-is-vital-especially-for-medical-students/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on November 26, 2018 Neil Calderwood is a final year medical student at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
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New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/26/new-telescope-to-be-the-goto-for-gravitational-wave-events/
Leicester space scientists will contribute to a huge new telescope, made up of identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, to track down sources of gravitational waves.
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Are museums ‘safe spaces for debate’? Not always…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2017/09/06/are-museums-safe-spaces-for-debate-not-always/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on September 6, 2017 I keep hearing people talk about museums being ‘safe spaces for debate’, and this always makes me feel a little uncomfortable.
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The Aesthetics of Authenticity in the Modern Chain Pub – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/02/13/the-aesthetics-of-authenticity-in-the-modern-chain-pub/
Discussion of a book chapter about the "Pub Authenticity-Value Aesthetic" in relation to the JD Wetherspoon pub chain, recently published in an edited volume Biographies of Drink (CSP, 2015)
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Cross-Post: Why we must reform organ donation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/08/30/cross-post-why-we-must-reform-organ-donation/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on August 30, 2018 Organ Donation in England is changing. Accountability for health policy leaders is important, especially when politicians score headlines for healthcare interventions without an evidence-base.
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Digging Out the Past – the legacy of Alan McWhirr
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/06/13/digging-out-the-past-the-legacy-of-alan-mcwhirr/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on June 13, 2019 Alan McWhirr in a field. The first collection we have finished digitising for the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project is a monthly radio series about archaeology, Digging Out the Past.
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Leicester Awaits the Launch of Webb
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/29/leicester-awaits-the-launch-of-webb/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 29 January 2021 University of Leicester scientists and engineers are involved in a major new space telescope, the most advanced observatory every built, scheduled for launch later this year from ESA’s...