News and events
University of Leicester in the News: 13 – 19 June 2011
A regular review from the Press Office of coverage of the University in the media.
Festival of Postgraduate Research - Preview no.2
Postgraduate posters from the Colleges of Social Science and Arts, Humanities and Law.
Seminal paper scoops award for education experts
What do architects and language test designers have in common? A great deal, according to the University of Leicester’s Dr Glenn Fulcher and a colleague from the University of Illinois.
University of Leicester in the News: 7 to 13 March 2011
A regular review of coverage of the University in the media
Leicester graduates in the news: Samuel Small
The Kaieteur News (that’s Kaieteur, Guyana) has a big feature on 85-year-old Samuel Small - “one of the most inspiring educators in Guyana’s history” - who studied at the University of Leicester in the late 1950s.
Leicester graduates in the news: Miles Dibsdall
College Principal awarded OBE for services to further and higher education
Skulls and sculptures, meteorites and mining: Geology teachers to convene on Leicester
The annual conference of the Earth Science Teachers Association (ESTA) takes place at the University of Leicester next week, hosted by our Department of Geology.
Mind your language: new podcast
Language Testing Bytes is a new academic podcast created by Dr Glenn Fulcher from our School of Education.
Poetry teaching seminars for teachers
Our School of Education is hosting three seminars on teaching poetry aimed at primary and secondary English teachers, student teachers, teacher educators and researchers.
Two new books by Leicester academics hit the shelves this month
New exploration of ideas around HR in education and wellbeing of looked-after children.
Open evening: Foundation Degree in Educational Studies
Working in education and looking for an educational qualification? We can help.
