Students from across a range of Schools and Departments will share their specialist knowledge on a diverse selection of topics, from Facebook to the search for life on Mars.
The first Lunchtime Lecture will be delivered at Leicester Adult Education College on Friday 7th June, 12.15 – 12.45. The speaker will be Owen Roberson from the School of English, who will discuss what the 10th Century can tell us about Facebook.
Details of future lectures can be found below:
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Department |
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07/06/2013 |
Owen Roberson |
What can the 10th century tell us about Facebook? |
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14/06/2013 |
Gemma Mitchell |
How do child and family social workers make decisions about risk? |
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21/06/2013 |
TBC |
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28/06/2013 |
David Moss |
Are 'right' and 'wrong' just matters of opinion? |
Department of Media and Communications and Department of Politics and International Relations |
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05/07/2013 |
David Sidloff |
How can we reduce our risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm? A global perspective |
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12/07/2013 |
Liam Harris |
Lasers on Mars – Looking for signs of life on the Red Planet |
The Lunchtime Lectures are held every Friday at the Leicester Adult Education College from 12.15-12.45, and are open to all free of charge.
]]>Criminology (Social Policy) - ranked 3rd
Management - ranked 10th
Media and Communication - ranked 9th
Sociology - ranked 8th
Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Robert Burgess said: “We are very pleased to see Leicester continue to rise in the national league tables. At a time when students have much choice in the type of course and institution available to them, Leicester students can be assured of a top quality, world-class, education and experience as the league tables testify.”
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The study is part of a wider Super Identity project being run by the Universities of Leicester and Oxford amongst others.
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Get involved in Enterprise – This is a great opportunity to gain an understanding of how to stand out from the crowd in order to improve employment prospects by getting involved with business and enterprise activities. Specifically, the session explores how you make the most of your time to build up a valuable portfolio of work experience whilst at university by ‘Being enterprising’.
Wednesday, 12th June 2013 – 10am – 11am
Start your own Business – This is a great opportunity to understand how to take a business idea to the next stage of development and find out more about how to develop the necessary entrepreneurial and practical skills to get started. In today’s labour market starting your own business is one viable option to consider on completing your degree – and this is something that we can support you with.
Wednesday, 12th June 2013 – 3pm – 5pm
Succeeding in Business - You will hear from graduates James MacFarlane and Martin Cullen who have developed a range businesses and will share what it takes to succeed in business along with the challenges and barriers they have faced. Find out more about how to develop the necessary enterprising and entrepreneurial and practical skills to consider running your own business. This will be an interactive session where you will practice your ‘Elevator Pitch’ ready for interviews and networking in business.
Thursday, 13th June 2013, 4pm – 5pm
Start your own Business – This is a great opportunity to understand how to take a business idea to the next stage of development and find out more about how to develop the necessary entrepreneurial and practical skills to get started. In today’s labour market starting your own business is one viable option to consider on completing your degree – and this is something that we can support you with.
Monday to Wednesday 25th , 26th , 27th June 2013 9am – 5pm
3 Day Enterprise Inc Business Start-up ‘Boot Camp’ – Enterprise Inc participants and all year groups welcome. Book your place now! The purpose of the event is to develop your business and entrepreneurial skills, attributes and behaviours which will enable you to succeed in business whether this is to set up your own venture or what employers look for in enterprising and entrepreneurial graduates. In today’s labour market you need to consider your options and develop the skills necessary to be successful in your chosen career path. Employers want enterprising and entrepreneurial graduates who can drive forward and lead their businesses to success.
The employability landscape is rapidly changing. No matter how much experience you have, it’s vital to stay current in today’s job market, and this programme will help you do just that!
The Online Networking and Employability Award (ONE) is an online employability course which will allow you to develop your personal brand and explore the potential of social media in improving your career prospects.
1) Defining your personal brand
2) Introduction to social media for employability
3) Creating an effective online presence
ONE is delivered entirely online through e-workshops which you can complete at home around your work and study. Upon completion of the award you will receive a certificate of recognition, and the award will appear on your University of Leicester Academic Transcript.
For more information about the Leicester Award visit: www.le.ac.uk/leicesteraward
Commitment: You will be required to work through a series of online presentations and activities including completing assignments for each module, taking approximately 10 hours in total.
Eligibility: This course is available to all University of Leicester students and finalists graduating in summer 2013.
Course Dates: 3rd June – 30th August
Applications: Apply online by Thursday 30th May http://tinyurl.com/onlinenet
Contact: Elizabeth Cornish, Leicester Award Project Officer, laes@le.ac.uk, 0116 252 5018.
Online Networking & Employability Award - Part of the Leicester Award for Employability
]]>Professor Peter Lunt
Head of Department, Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester.
Peter’s research interests include media audiences, public participation in popular culture, media regulation, consumption research and the links between media and social theory.
Recent activities and publications include an ESRC funded research project about media policy focusing on the changing regime of regulation of media and communications in the UK through a study of the work of Ofcom, the findings of which are published in the book with Sonia Livingstone, ‘Media Regulation: Governance in the Interests of Citizens and Consumers.’
Dr Mirca Madianou
Director of Post-graduate Research Studies, Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester.
Mirca’s research interests include how new communication technologies can be used in interpersonal relationships especially in the context of migration; ICTs and development; media and identities in a national and transnational context; media audiences, especially the audiences for news media; the emotional dimension of mediated communication; media ethics; comparative ethnography.
Recent activities involve an ESRC-funded study on Migration, ICTs and the transformation of transnational family life (2007-2011) and the publication of her first book ‘Mediating the Nation: News, audiences and the politics of identity’.
Full Programme is available here.
Free registration: http://ndmr2013.eventbrite.com/#
]]>Leicester has been shortlisted in two categories:
Richard Taylor, Deputy Registrar, said: “Leicester is the only university in the UK to have won six consecutive THE Awards. There’s a good chance now that we may add a seventh.”
Leicester work surrounding openness in communicating animal research, its work on the Search for Richard III and the development of the debating platform Leicester Exchanges led to it being shortlisted for Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team.
Fundraising for the University’s Cardiovascular Research Centre led to the nomination for Outstanding University Fundraising Initiative.
The winners will be announced on 20 June.
More information here
1. The timetable of activities (dates, rooms, times)
2. A brief outline of the event(/s)
3. A maximum headcount for each event
4. A lead student name as organizer for the event/s and their departmental/ School affiliation
You will also need to copy in a faculty member from your department or School – perhaps the Postgraduate Tutor/ Director of PhD programme – to verify that these events have been discussed with a member of academic staff.
The upper limit on each event is 30 people, and the maximum frequency is weekly. These can be single discipline or cross-discipline, but the important thing is that all events are organized by research students within the College for other students (who may come from beyond the College).
Jo needs to have the information in good time, and no later than a fortnight in advance of the first event, in order that she can manage the necessary paperwork and book the refreshments.
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You will develop writing skills that could help you produce concise and engaging articles and funding applications.
For details about the scheme, including eligibility and online application form, visit our webpage.
Application deadline: 18 March 2013
As well as highlighting opportunities for further study in the College of Science and Engineering, the College of Arts, Humanities and Law and the College of Social Science will be heavily represented. This is a great opportunity to see what these Colleges have to offer and to find out if postgraduate study is right for you.
As well as asking any questions you might have to departmental representatives and current postgraduate students, the evening will also help you to find out about financial arrangements and support available to postgraduate students.
The Open Evening will be held on Tuesday 19th March 2013 from 4.00pm – 7.00pm in the O2 Academy, Percy Gee Building (Students’ Union). The Open Evening is free and all are welcome to attend.
For more information, or to book a place, please click here.
Impact Day is on Thursday, February 28, and is part of a week-long series of events focussing on research at Leicester. The day begins with “Making a Difference: Impact from Leicester’s Research”, which takes place from 10am to noon in the David Wilson Library First Floor Library Seminar Room and is open to all staff and post-graduate students.
· Dr Rebecca Madgin, from Historical Studies (AHL), will discuss how her work on built heritage has impacted on town planning and heritage preservation.
· Dr Simon Kilvington, from Infection, Immunity and Inflammation (MBSP), will explain how his research into amoebal eye disease has improved diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
· Prof Sue Page, from Geography (S&E), will explain how her work on CO₂ emissions from Indonesia has helped a range of global organisations fighting climate change.
· Dr Leah Bassel, from Sociology (SS), will describe how her research into the English riots of 2011 is informing UK journalism practice and her work on multiculturalism is improving understanding among young people.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions from the presenters and the University’s Research Impact Development Manager will be available for questions on Impact and the REF, Pathways to Impact and the broader impact agenda.
The impact theme continues in the afternoon with “Ways to Impact: Collaborative Research and Funding”, which takes place from 2pm to 4pm in the David Wilson Library Ground Floor Leicester Mercury Suite.
During this session, the University’s Knowledge Transfer Manager, Dr Natalie Cozier from the Enterprise and Business Development office, will provide a sneak preview of the Enterprise and Business Development office Funding Bulletin. Four academics from each of the University’s Colleges will also share their experience of creating impact through collaborative research, accessing knowledge exchange, commercialisation and other funding pots for engagement with industry and external organisations.
· Dr Rebecca Madgin, from Historical Studies (AHL)
· Professor Mark Carr, from Biochemistry (MBSP)
· to be confirmed (S&E)
· Dr Will Green, from Management (SS)
The Funding Bulletins provide a round-up of key calls and funding opportunities for researchers seeking to work with industry and other external organisations, as well as highlighting key contacts within the Enterprise and Business Development office who can provide expert advice and support.
Please register for either event in advance of attending.
Research Focus Week is organised by the University’s Research Support Office, runs from 25th February – 4th March and includes a wide variety of events, covering topics such as research funding and project finances. A full timetable of events is available.
For further information, please contact Sarah Hall at sh492@le.ac.uk or 0116 252 2324; or Dr Natalie Cozier at nlc15@le.a.uk or 0116 252 3630.
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The initiative, run in partnership by ITV News and Media Trust, aims to discover new talent and identify top broadcast journalists of the future.
Monika, who has been mentored by ITV Central’s Victoria Davies, was one of nine finalists who were given the opportunity to be mentored by an experienced broadcast journalist to turn their ideas into a news report for their local ITV newsroom.
Their reports were judged by a panel that included senior executives from ITV News and Media Trust.
As the winner Monika will have the opportunity to spend the day with the team producing ITV News at Ten, as well as receiving an iPad to help her with future projects.
You can see Monika’s report here:
The project will showcase a broad range of research across all eight of the University’s College of Social Science Departments and will be hosted on public platform, Leicester Exchanges.
Academics from the College of Social Science will submit four articles on Leicester Exchanges in February, followed by one article per week thereafter.
The articles will discuss the academic’s specialist research and offer unique perspectives on objects in and out of the home. Each piece will be approximately five-hundred words in length and could change the way everyday objects are perceived.
The project will launch with four articles on the 18th February; the rocking horse by Dr Jane Pilcher from the Department of Sociology, the cotton bobbin by Dr John Goodwin from the Centre for Labour Market Studies, the television by Professor Yvonne Jewkes from the Department of Criminology and the mobile phone by Dr Paul Reilly from the Department of Media and Communications.
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As part of the College of Social Science Academic Staff Induction Day on the 19th February, two research lunches will be taking place:
‘Digital Economies’ run by Professor Monica Whitty from the Department of Media & Communications which will discuss the work she has been doing under the theme ‘Digital Economies’ for RCUK, focusing on the Romance Scam Project.
‘Social Science & Sustainable Development’ run by Dr Nelya Koteyko from the Department of Media & Communications and Dr Roland Leigh from the Department of Physics & Astronomy which will discuss the launch of a university-wide Sustainability Network.
Colleagues from across the University are welcome to attend.
To book onto one of these research lunches please fill in this booking form. If you have any queries please contact Daniela Murphy on dm288@le.ac.uk
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