LE1 - the University of Leicester magazine

Spring 2012

Outstanding teaching recognised, social media, blood pressure, bananas, renaissance art, genocide, hi-tech sick bay, Leicester Exchanges

Autumn 2011

New buildings, Amazonian photos, Richard III, working with business, Kurdistan, The Sky at Night, racing cars, neuroscience, Fibonacci, King James Bible

Spring 2011 (= Annual Report 2009/10)

Leicester Exchanges, heart research, robo-surgery, Maths, Geography, Renaissance tombs, public policy, Second Life, happiness, diabetes

Autumn 2010

New buildings, kidney transplants, Malcolm Shaw QC, ALICE, distance learning, 50 years of space research, genetics of yeast, links with Japan, Lamport Hall

Spring 2010 (= Annual
Report 2008/09)

MBAs, New History Lab, Philharmonia, Muriel Spark biography, space science, decade of development, SU building, Hollie Morgan.

Summer 2009

Museum Studies, virtual learning, Sociology, siege mines, sharpness of knives, Arthurian violence, ante-natal research, Tracing Networks.

Spring 2009 (= Annual
Report 2007/08)

9/11, child literacy, Stan Cowley, royal visit, banking crisis, molecular biology.

Winter 2008

Billion pound campus plan, Sir Alec Jeffreys, biofuels, historical comedy, beauty of maths, Aztecs vs conquistadors.

Summer 2008

David Wilson Library, employer engagement, cardiovascular research, sticklebacks, civil rights on stage, political intelligence.

Spring 2008 (= Annual
Report 2006/07)

Obesity, Forensic Research Centre, Museum Studies, Northern Rock, Cell Physiology and Pharmacology.

Autumn 2007

Transforming research, danger zones, National Student Survey, high blood pressure, control systems, Victorian sex.

Summer 2007

Global impact, regional impact, Film Studies, ancient history, eLearning, Earth observation.

Spring 2007 (= Annual
Report 2005/06)

National Student Survey, new library, New Blood Lectureships, Infection Immunity and Inflammation, Law.

Autumn 2006

Environmental research, work-space, space science, teaching excellence, WG Hoskins.