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University launches Centre for Medicine Appeal video
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/university-launches-centre-for-medicine-appeal-video
The University is investing £32 million of scarce capital resources in a brand new, state-of-the-art Centre for Medicine building, and is seeking to raise an additional £10 million through an ambitious fundraising campaign to complete the build.
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Professor Stephen Wood to present research highlighting the importance of employee involvement
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/stephen-wood-presents-research-highlighting-the-importance-of-employee-involvement
The School of Management’s Stephen Wood, Professor of Management, will be speaking at a UKWON symposium on Bringing wellbeing, mental health and productivity together in the workplace of the future at E.
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Internationally-renowned professor of space physics to present George Fraser Memorial Lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/internationally-renowned-professor-of-space-physics-to-present-george-fraser-memorial-lecture
An internationally renowned professor of space physics will be presenting the second in the series of George Fraser Memorial Lectures at the University on Wednesday 14 October. Professor Fraser, who was Director of the Space Research Centre, died suddenly on 18 March 2014.
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Flickering of young stars reveals previously unknown link with black holes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/flickering-of-young-stars-reveals-previously-unknown-link-with-black-holes
An international team of astronomers, including Dr Simon Vaughan from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has discovered a previously unknown link between the way young stars grow and the way black holes and other exotic space objects feed from their surroundings.
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Origins of Pepyss famous diary unravelled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/origins-of-pepys2019s-famous-diary-unravelled
The diary of the seventeenth-century cultural icon Samuel Pepys - which contains references to bribery, illicit sex, and criticisms of powerful men – has an enduring legacy, and Dr Kate Loveman from the School of English will be unravelling why it was written at an event at...
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Leicester cited in Parliamentary debate on world-class impact of UK science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/leicester-cited-in-parliamentary-debate-on-world-class-impact-of-uk-science
Our University has been cited for the world-class impact of its work in a Parliamentary debate on Treasury Support for UK Science.
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Nothing to sneeze at high pollen levels recorded
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/nothing-to-sneeze-at-high-pollen-levels-recorded
If you have found yourself sneezing more than usual, the cause of your recent bouts of hayfever may have been identified.
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Festival showcases work of leading postgraduate research students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/festival-showcases-work-of-leading-postgraduate-research-students
Fifty outstanding research students from the University will showcase their work at the free public Festival of Postgraduate Research on Monday 6 July between 11:00am - 2:00pm in the Charles Wilson Building.
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University stamp features on postbox to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail Special Stamps
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-stamp-to-feature-on-postbox-in-leicester-to-mark-the-50th-anniversary-of-royal-mail-special-stamps
The stamp of the University of Leicester issued in 1971 was unveiled today by President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle on a post box in Leicester to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail’s much-loved modern Special Stamps programme.
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Society and Crisis Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluations of Societal WellBeing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/society-and-crisis-quantitative-and-qualitative-evaluations-of-societal-well-being
The Department of Sociology hosted a one day symposium on 4 June focused on measuring societal well-being during current recession.