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The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) gathers insights from postgrad students on their teaching and learning experience.
We're asking current students to take 15 minutes to let us know what you think of your DMU postgrad experience: https://ow.ly/Ng8850YrRy8
People place white roses near lit candles on the stone steps of the Hawthorn Building.
DMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Katie Normington speaking at a podium.
People gathered outside the Hawthorn Building building at night, listening to the student voice leaders.
Person in a red beret and beige coat walks past the memorial of white roses and lit candles on the stone steps.
On Wednesday evening, our DMU community came together on campus for a moving event to reflect on the tragic death of our student, Khaleed Oladipo.
The gathering brought together DMU students and staff, emergency service workers, business and civic leaders, and members of our local community.
Mark Evans is the President of the Law Society and our DMU Alumnus of the Quarter.
Read how his his experiences of Leicester shaped his life and career, and how his vision for his role has been shaped by the students he works with:
https://ow.ly/lxHL50Y81SG
DMU's Dr Mounir Maafi has penned a new framework for understanding photochemical reactions.
His new monograph, published by Springer Nature, introduces the concept of Ξ¦-order kinetics, which accurately describes how molecules break down when exposed to light.
https://ow.ly/m6FC50Y5rMc
The digital transformation of prisons must not phase out human support systems and roles, criminology expert Dr. Victoria Knight warns.
Dr Knight has been working with the United Nations in Vienna to develop a new handbook for digitising justice systems around the world.
https://ow.ly/zfkW50XZI74
Well done to DMU lecturer Meera Naran who's campaigned tirelessly for better road safety since her son, Dev, died in a smart motorway crash in 2018. Yesterday, Government pledged to introduce Dev's Law - a requirement for new vehicles to have AEB - Autonomous Emergency Braking - & other safety tech.
Writing in @wonkhe.bsky.social, our Vice-Chancellor Professor Katie Normington examines the post-16 education and skills white paper, in particular its proposal to reform research funding, favouring "specialist" institutions.
Our partners at @dmu.ac.uk filmed a Scholars Programme tutorial in action, where PhD researcher Keisha Patel taught Year 9 students about her neuroscience research.
We're raising money to help more young people know uni can be for them. Donate to our Big Give Christmas Challenge: bit.ly/3JAHmih
Sustainability and mental health are at the heart of a project which has won a DMU Masterβs student a prestigious scholarship.
MArch student Raven Schneider has become the first DMU recipient of a RIBA Wren Insurance Association Scholarship in a decade.
https://ow.ly/AJnE50XBlFV
Did you know, DMU is 155 years old?
As #ExploreYourArchive week begins, we caught up with Katharine Short, the manager of DMU Archives and Rare Books find out how theyβre using the week to celebrate DMUβs long and rich history.
More: https://ow.ly/CHGY50Xz2eg
βI felt a completely different person after my placement year.β
βA placement fast-tracks you on your career path.β
Just two of many comments from DMU students who were reflecting on a year out in industry at our annual Student Placement Celebration recently.
https://ow.ly/HffH50XtZOC
Call the (student) midwife!
The DMU School of Nursing and Midwifery is spearheading new teaching and learning methods as student midwives put on antenatal classes for local pregnant people and their partners.
Find out more: https://ow.ly/TyA950XrKeY
Food for thought - this new research into the PR industry by DMU's Caroline Spence suggests it must work harder to attract the diverse and talented graduates it needs for the future. Her report for @CIPR looks at the skills gap and recruitment issues facing the industry.
https://ow.ly/TvOh50XpX6t
Amazing for DMU to scoop the Sustainability Institution of the Year award at the Green Gown Awards in Birmingham last night. Professor Simon Oldroyd, our Pro Vice-Chancellor for Sustainability, said: βWe work hard to manage the footprint we leave on the world - it's great to have that recognised."
A key voice in the national conversation on cybersecurity, DMU academic Dr Ismini Vasileiou launched a new government paper in Westminster last week on the UKβs national cyber workforce.
Read her new expert blog on her vision for keeping the UK cyber safe on our website: https://ow.ly/bubR50Xmnu9
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Congratulations to DMU grad and entrepreneur Simon Sansome for slaying in the Dragons' Den on BBC1 last night. He got backing from all five dragons for his Snowball app which has been called βTrip Advisor for the disabled communityβ. Peter Jones called it a "game-changer".
https://ow.ly/nFXm50XkNIu
A new show from DMU graduate Peter Robinson, βthe worldβs greatest living football photographerβ opens at DMUβs Leicester Gallery this week.
His new exhibition βKeep off the Grassβ showcases over 200 images across fifty years of his work.
Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm until 17 Jan.
https://ow.ly/zmkq50Xfro4
From 14th century manuscripts to Leicester Tigers jerseys, DMU Archives and Rare Books is a trove of local history.
But in recent months it's found a new online audience blossoming on Bluesky, with over 3400 followers on the platform and growing...
https://ow.ly/u4N550XaCP1
DMU will be celebrating Leicester's diverse culture and the city's rich heritage as part of this year's Being Human Festival.
DMU is one of five Festival Hubs and has curated its own programme of events - open to the public - to inspire people to explore cultural identities.
ow.ly/FoKg50XaYnF
Congratulations to DMU's Dr Kim Sadique on receiving a Charles E. Scheidt Faculty Fellowship in Atrocity Prevention at I-GMAP at Binghamton in the USA. She joins 77 global academics who will undertake specialist studies in Atrocity Prevention and each develop a course for their own institutions.
DMU academics have been finding out how to access funding to turn their research into commercial products through an event led by iCURE.
Since 2014 iCURE has helped UK researchers launch secure Β£1.5bn in investment & offers pathways to explore new markets.
More: https://ow.ly/Owpc50X65zl
Listen again as DMU graduate Haseeb Jabbar speaks to BBC Radio 4.
Haseeb, who has been blind since birth, was interviewed by legendary blind BBC journalist Peter White about the obstacles he to overcame in order to get to university.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002k3jp [skip to 9.23]
The role of social media in connecting those with far-right views is the subject of a new investigation in The Guardian, drawing on research carried out by DMUβs Dr Sara Wilford.
Dr Wilford leads the pioneering Europe-wide SMIDGE project (@smidgeproject.bsky.social).
Congratulations to our Chief Transformation and Resources Officer, Tracey Jessup, who has received her second special recognition award from the CIO UK 100.
Tracey was presented with the People, Culture and Collaboration Award.
Read more: ow.ly/9kZQ50WZtvy
DMU students Becky Wilson and Natalia Stachowiak have returned from a fact-finding mission of a lifetime in Japan.
The pair have been studying cultural attitudes towards geological heritage as part of Charnwood Forest's @unesco.org Global Geopark bid.
Read more: ow.ly/46U850WY1yr
1/2 It was fantastic to welcome the 26th edition FIFA Master class to the @dmu.ac.uk campus yesterday for the start of their Induction sessions with us here at the @icshc.bsky.social. Picture by @icshc.bsky.social James Panter. #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins
For #ThrowbackThursday, we have this pic of the riverside area of Mill Lane c 1968. Possibly taken from the old Fletcher Tower, just look at those awesome cars! Beetles, a camper van and how many minis are there!!!? @dmuleicester.bsky.social
@librarydmu.bsky.social #localhistory #leicester
