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• Daniel Defoe co-wrote the Bank of England

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/02/03/daniel-defoe-co-wrote-the-bank-of-england/

  Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on February 3, 2016 Professor of Organisation and Culture at the School, Martin Parker , has just published a new book which provocatively blurs the lines between economic facts and literary fictions Why is a novel like an...

• Free public event explores the 1911 ‘All India’ cricket tour of England

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/30-cricket-event

  A fascinating chapter in cricket history will be explored at a free public event on Tuesday 1 October when Dr Prashant Kidambi, Associate Professor of colonial urban history, discusses the first ever Indian tour of England in 1911.

• Search and discover our collections

  https://le.ac.uk/library/search-collections

  The Library provides access to a wide range of resources which can be discovered through Library Search, as well as a number of specialised discovery tools.

• A Dream Project at the Lapworth Museum of Geology

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/work-placement/a-dream-project-at-the-lapworth-museum-of-geology

  LAPWORTH MUSEUM Amalia Robertson Museum Studies

• New species of rare ancient worm discovered in fossil hotspot

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/new-species-of-rare-ancient-worm-discovered-in-fossil-hotspot

  A team of researchers including Leicester’s Professor David Siveter have discovered a new species of lobopodian, an ancient relative of modern-day velvet worms, in 430 million-years-old Silurian rocks in Herefordshire, UK.

• Medical cannabis academic shares excitement of meeting Home Secretary Sajid Javid at 10 Downing Street

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/medical-cannabis-academic-shares-excitement-of-meeting-home-secretary-sajid-javid-at-10-downing-street

  Yewande Okuleye, a medical cannabis researcher within our School of History, Politics and International Relations, has spoken of her ‘excitement’ meeting Home Secretary Sajid Javid and the real-world application of her research into cannabis self-medication during an event at...

• Leicester scientist features in Canadian-British documentary providing new insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientist-features-in-canadian-british-documentary-providing-new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant

  New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in an international documentary featuring Dr Richard Thomas (pictured) from our School of...

• University of Leicester celebrates School of Education’s 75th anniversary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/education

  University of Leicester’s School of Education has hit a landmark anniversary, celebrating its 75th year.  The School was founded in 1946, welcoming its first group of 19 students, most of whom were ex-military personnel.

• About

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/about/

  The Carceral Archipelago is a €1.5m European Research Council funded project, running from 2013-18. Directed by Professor Clare Anderson, a team of researchers and postgraduate students  are working on a global history of penal colonies, 1415-1960.

• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Organisations

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mn2133

  Module code: MN2133 This popular module explores and debates the concept of equity and inclusion in the workplace against a backdrop of growing diversity within the labour force.