October

Management degree offers new benefits to voluntary sector: New distance learning course from University of Leicester
Leicester faith and place trail launch: University of Leicester archaeologists at the Museum & Art Gallery, New Walk, on 7th October
Booktrust Project for Children aged 7-13 wins Award for Excellence: Project founded by University of Leicester academic wins accolade
The Future of Medical Research: MRC Head to give lecture at University of Leicester on Wednesday 12 October
Time Team's Mick Aston to deliver public lecture: Greatest living exponent of archaeology and local history on television to speak at University of Leicester on 6 October at 2.15pm
University of Leicester students raise nearly £126,000 for charities: Record Success for charitable students
Print Out exhibition celebrates double anniversary: Printing making exhibition at Embrace Arts, the University of Leicester’s arts centre, from 10 October
Toxins, mutagens and the dangers to your DNA: Public lectures on 11 October explore the reality of toxic damage
University of Leicester gets top marks for educational visits: Botanic Garden helps children learn outside the classroom
£5 million sports development in Oadby: University of Leicester holds ground-breaking ceremony
Children’s intensive care comes under scrutiny: New report published by Universities of Leicester and Leeds
Economics expert says it pays to be vague in the world of banking: Bankers’ vagueness helps financial stability, according to University of Leicester economist
Leicester Based Research Study Highlighted in National Report: National Institute for Health Research features University of Leicester diabetes study
UKERC awards £2M for topical energy projects: University of Leicester to lead project on Global Gas Security
Stunning development at University of Leicester increases awards tally: Percy Gee Building wins Design Excellence Award
After the Riots: Analysis and Public Debate: Community activists and sociologists to discuss English riots, Saturday, 15th October, 10.30am-5.30pm at the Birmingham Midland Institute, Birmingham
Dickens and Murder: Lecture explores influence of 19th century forensics on classic author on 17 October
Hatch: Fresh: Free event brought to you by Embrace Arts
Metal shortages alert from leading geologists: Inexorable demand for consumer goods places strain on supply of metals
Campaign offers support for students' mental health: University of Leicester initiative coincides with World Mental Health Day
Embrace Arts: Short Fuse writing workshop and Séance event this Halloween: This Halloween why not experience something spooky, creative and ground breaking?
Tiny fossil fragment reveals giant-but ugly-truth: Fossil in London’s Natural History Museum is part of biggest-ever toothed pterosaur from dinosaur era
University of Leicester researchers celebrate 'double hat trick' in heart research awards: Third-year in a row for national accolades by University researchers at Glenfield Hospital
Social media study reveals unreported truths on the nature of street protests: Academic analyses 70 YouTube videos and commentaries to highlight use of social media in protests
University of Leicester Percy Gee Building is Only UK Finalist in Global Greenbuild Competiton: Annual competition aims to jump-start the discussion on how we might retrofit entire cities to fight climate change
University of Leicester to Commercialise Ground Breaking Research with Design Council Programme: University of Leicester is one of only seven universities in Britain to win support to turn smart ideas into viable products through design
University of Leicester announces groundbreaking English language training initiative in Kurdistan - Iraq: New centre opened on 16th October 2011
CSI-style investigation of meteorite hits on Earth: Geologists assess deep impacts of near-Earth object strikes
Holocaust Awareness Week – lecture series: Holocaust Awareness Week events at University of Leicester, 24-27 October
Science and art combine to explode a myth: Red Sprites: Monday 31st October at 6.30pm, University of Leicester
Memoirs of a Biscuit Tin: Quirky and charming Edinburgh smash hit comes to Leicester
Viking boat burial find is UK mainland first: University of Leicester archaeologist involved in discovery
Park research breaks new ground: University of Leicester researcher investigates untold history of public parks
From Pillow Talk to The Hurt Locker: film history lecture series announced: Starting on 24 October with everything you ever wanted to know about Doris Day
The Austerity Olympics– London 1948 and 2012: Public lecture examines how London last hosted a ‘budget’ Olympics
The Northern Lights’ story of sun-formed celestial substorms: Solar winds battle with magnetic shields in public lecture on 25 October
Literary giants at the Literary Leicester festival: University of Leicester’s fourth annual Literary Leicester festival takes place from 9-12 November, 2011
Energy, Environment & Climate Change – Irreconcilable Conflict or Global Opportunity?: Recent events at Fukushima nuclear power plant examined in University of Leicester lecture
University of Leicester commissions consultants to preserve one of Britain's iconic buildings: Famous glass roof of Landmark Stirling-Gowan Engineering Building to be refurbished and preserved
Feel the Breeze: award-winning poet in performance and conversation: University of Leicester hosts Jamaican dub poet Jean Binta Breeze on 26 October
University of Leicester hosts Anglo-Greek symposium on banking and finance: International line-up of speakers on 19 November discusses financial systems and financial crisis
University of Leicester students help with riverside clearance for national volunteering day: Student volunteers take conservation action on 29th October at Bede Park
Company develops revolutionary new crime detection products with University of Leicester expertise: Record turnover, extra jobs and new export markets emerge following University-business partnership
Quality clinical education: why it really matters: Innovative work into teaching psychiatry described at public lecture on November 1
New Hi-tech Study Finds T. rex was Bigger and Grew Faster than Previously Thought: Jane, the T. rex replica at University of Leicester, contributes to new findings
Novel research seeks to locate Scotland's next gold mine: University of Leicester geologists apply new scientific methods to gold prospecting
Vikings and villains: Lecture on 31 October explores the Viking legacy left behind in our genes and surnames
Planets smashed into dust near supermassive black holes: University of Leicester scientist proposes theory for mysterious doughnut-shaped dust clouds
Undergraduates take on future climate challenges: University of Leicester students’ green project in finals of national competition
Tacitus' prism: the reality of Roman Egypt: The origins of prevailing stereotypes of Egypt to be explored in public lecture
University researcher seeks elderly volunteers to help with new study into vision: A University of Leicester student is embarking on new research into visual perception in the elderly.
Here comes the chemistry….regional coordinator appointed: New science champion to work with University of Leicester
Report acknowledges benefits of Special Olympics while calling for modernisation: Project co-led by University of Leicester sociologist