Experts at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester are to lead three new research projects to help drive business activity in ethnic minority communities. DMU’s Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME) will look at supplier diversity, new migrant communities and procurement readiness in ethnic enterprises. The studies will be led by Professor Monder Ram, a [...] [...more]
For Kerry Harrison, returning to education in her thirties has not just earned her a promotion at work but also a top class degree and a University award. Single mother Kerry, 39, from Belgrave in Leicester, received her degree after balancing six years of part-time study at De Montfort University (DMU) with a full-time job and [...] [...more]
Online resource for ethnicity & health doubles content - NHS backs with new contract A Specialist Library for Ethnicity & Health, designed to provide health professionals with the latest research and information on ethnic minority health, has announced two successes - in the last year it has doubled the number of research articles it provides, and [...] [...more]
Talented design student Helen Butler has come up with an idea to help the elderly, and people affected by arthritis, to pour from a kettle without even lifting it up. Named the “360 degree kettle”, the prototype will be on display along with some of Helen’s other work at the New Designers exhibition in London next [...] [...more]
Graduating Product Design student Toby Fox has designed the perfect washing up system - dramatically reducing water waste without compromising cleaning efficiency. Toby, who graduates from De Montfort University this month with a BA (Hons) Product Design, has developed a unit which can wash 40 items using less than two litres of water. Toby, 21, from Leicester, [...] [...more]
Student Nicola Hart has designed a breastfeeding chair with privacy wings and arm support that could be used in cafes and other public places. The design coincides with the news that mothers are to get the legal right to breastfeed in any public place when the recently announced Equality Bill becomes law. Under current laws, women who [...] [...more]
‘Youth Work, Integrated Services and the Direction of Travel’ 19th June 2008 De Montfort University, Portland Building, Room 1.04 9:30 for 10am start – 12:30 Refreshments will be provided Supported by the Youth and Community Division, De Montfort University Event Flyer [...more]
FEM-EU LINK Conference at DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY - LEICESTER, ENGLAND on Tuesdays 8thJULY 2008 FATIMA Women’s Network is pleased to invite you to the FEM EU LINK Conference to discuss and debate: * Role of the EU * What it means to be a Citizen of Europe (particularly from the perspective of young people and women) * Migration * Climate [...] [...more]
Five enterprising and socially aware De Montfort University (DMU) graduates have secured a contract with a Leicestershire-based initiative to help new businesses thrive in Africa and other developing areas. The five graduates will bring the skills of their two start-up businesses based at DMU’s Innovation Centre to aid the Geo-POD non-governmental organisation (NGO) to boost education, [...] [...more]
