|
|
Volcanoes,
asteroids and mass extinctions
University of Leicester geologists suggest that neither volcanic eruptions nor extraterrestrial
impacts on their own could cause mass extinctions of life on earth
New qualification on
offer for running community groups
Foundation degree in Managing Voluntary and Community Organisation
A hero of our times - the
role of courage and creativity in strengthening democracy
Inaugural lecture by Professor of Sociology
Celluloid lessons
Science fiction and fact
Careers advice goes global
University of Leicester is one of the first universities to use email as
means for advising students at a distance
Law student is on
track for chart breakthrough
Carly Bond reaches number one in the music chart
New recruitment guidelines promote wider access to top
university jobs
Degree
ceremonies, Summer 2004...
Men's
Health Day at University of Leicester...
Sponsored walk in Leicestershire to raise funds for cardiac research...
Staff volunteering opportunity: Right to Read project...
These and other notices on Noticeboard
|
|
|
![[Photo: Lord Carey]](carey.jpg) |
Lord Carey delivered
the Seventh Sir Sigmund Sternberg Lecture in Inter-Faith
Dialogue on the relationship between Islam and the
West
[Text
of lecture] |
|
|
| DOUBLE
VISION: Professors Len Dissado (left) and John
Fothergill in the High Voltage lab in Engineering, in front of a painting by Professor Dissado's
wife, Enid.
Enid recently completed a painting course at the Richard
Attenborough Centre. The painting looks like a window in
the wall into the next laboratory in which the two
professors are discussing dielectrics. |
|
SOUTH ASIAN
ARCHAEOLOGY EXHIBITION SUCCESS:
Dr Ruth Young (centre) in Peshawar. Dr Ruth Young, who teaches a course in South Asian
archaeology in the
School of Archaeology and Ancient
History has worked
on the archaeological site of
Charsadda [full
story] |
|
Events
Diary highlights
Events Diary - for
details of all University events |
May 25
Inaugural Lecture: Civil
Courage and Creative Imagination: Intellectuals and the
Public Good. Professor Barbara Misztal, Department of
Sociology
[press release]
May 26
Centre for the History of
Religious and Political Pluralism, Eighth Geza Vermes
Lecture in The History of Religions: Is
Religion Relevant in the 21st Century? A Sikh
Perspective. Indarjit Singh OBE
![[Image: Golf]](golf.jpg) |
Leicester
University Golf Society Event: Bob Wright
Pairs, (Stableford 3/4 Handicap) 18 Holes |
|
Arts
highlights
May 25, 27
Lunchtime Soundbites
May 25
Evening Concert: The inaugural concert of
Knighton Chamber Orchestra |
May
26
Leicester Institute of Lifelong Learning
Event: Open Day: Foundation Degree in Managing
Community and Voluntary Organisations
[press
release] |
|
|