News and Events
Book launch to explore organization through design
Oxford University Press to publish new book by leading organisational theorist at Leicester.
New study aims to reduce NHS prescribing errors
ePIFFany Project combines expertise from Schools of Medicine and Management
Student scoops prestigious prize at TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards
University of Leicester undergraduate student is named ‘Management Undergraduate of the Year’
Debating Matters: School of Management hosts schools contest next week
Secondary school pupils will converge on the University of Leicester on 23 April for the regional stage of a national debating competition.
How have young people’s experiences of unemployment changed since the 1980s?
Research teams from the University of Leicester and the University of Glasgow aim to explore unemployment, insecurity and vulnerability among young people during two key periods of economic instability
Innovation Award for new app developed with Leicester academic
Dr William Green helped Leicester design firm Bulb Studios develop the Crowdlab™ app – which won an Innovation Award at Leicester Mercury Business Awards
Water shock: Leicester academic warns of water inequality
A marketing expert at the University of Leicester has predicted that water will in the coming century become like petrol- a scarce commodity of huge demand and limited supply
Research Development Fund 2012/2013
The College of Social Science has set aside a total of £100,000 in its budget to the Research Development Fund (RDF) for the academic year 2012/2013.
College of Social Science funding for research student reading groups, discussion groups etc
We are pleased to announce that the College is now able to provide funding for tea, coffee and biscuits to support initiatives such as reading/ discussion groups or groups where students present their work to each other, where these are organized on the students' initiative. This is in order that we support activities which are ongoing in some departments and Schools (Economics, Education and Management), and encourage other initiatives of this kind.
Call for papers for major banking and finance conference
International Finance and Banking Society is inviting submissions for its 2013 Conference co-organised by the University of Leicester
Careers Opportunity: Media Fellowships
Do you want to put science in the headlines? If you do then the British Science Association Media Fellowships are for you. Experience first-hand how science is reported by spending 3-6 weeks on a summer placement with a press, broadcast or online journalist such as the Guardian, The Irish Times or BBC.
Are you thinking about postgraduate study?
University of Leicester to host Postgraduate Open Evening on Tuesday 19th March
Creating impact from Leicester’s research: 28 February 2013 event
Academics, including Dr Leah Bassel from the Department of Sociology, will share their experience of creating impact from Leicester’s research at an event on 28 February, organised as part of Research Focus Week.
Private security industry masks the true cost of war, according to Leicester researchers
More effective regulation is required, argue University of Leicester management experts
Social Science of 100 Objects to Be Launched In February 2013
New University of Leicester project examines the familiar from a new perspective
New report shows job satisfaction increased despite recession
University of Leicester management expert contributes to major study of Britain’s workplaces
Study claims publishers of academic journals make excessive profits
New research from the School of Management alleges that some publishers relocate overseas to minimise their tax liabilities
Management study examines impact of discrimination on mental health workers
Mental health workers are more likely to be depressed or anxious when they experience discrimination from their managers than the patients themselves, according to a new study.
Go-getting graduates find success in job hunt
Two of our graduates have shown an extra dimension to their skills by netting themselves job offers by displaying signs encouraging City professionals to employ them.
Successful financial conference rethinks banking and finance
Anglo-Spanish collaboration addresses pressing economic problems.
