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World-renowned sociologist to deliver Anthropocene lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/17-bruno-latour-anthropocene-lecture
Professor Bruno Latour, the award-winning and renowned sociologist, philosopher and anthropologist, will deliver a lecture on the Anthropocene at...
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Colonial Countryside project featured on A Place in the Country
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/03-country-houses
ITV programme explores research into connections between English country houses, Africa, the Caribbean and East India Company.
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Leicester to host national conference on Black British history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/17-black-british-history-workshop
The University of Leicester and the Centre for New Writing is set to host the prestigious Institute of Commonwealth Studies’ 10th Black British...
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Leicester academic to chair expert panel at the British Library
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/17-dr-emma-parker-joe-orton-british-library
Dr Emma Parker, Associate Professor of Postwar and Contemporary Literature in the University of Leicester’s Department of English, will chair a...
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Professor James Devlin appointed Dean of School of Business
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/12-dean-of-school-of-business
The University of Leicester is pleased to announce that Professor James Devlin has been appointed to the role leading the University of Leicester...
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Leicester academic selected by Commission for Countering Extremism for research on the Far Right
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/09-commission-for-countering-extremism-papers
The independent Commission for Countering Extremism has today (Tuesday 9 April) announced that Dr Chris Allen, Associate Professor in Hate Studies...
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Air Quality spinout company shortlisted for Guardian University Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/01-air-quality-spinout-company-shortlisted-for-guardian-university-award
University partnership nominated in Business Collaboration category.
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New research reveals the man behind Samuel Pepys’s love for portraits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/27-samuel-pepys-portraits
Samuel Pepys, the Restoration diarist who meticulously documented his life in 1660s London, also documented himself in other ways – through portraits.
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Leicester academic appointed to first ever Government LGBT Advisory Panel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/21-government-lgbt-advisory-panel
Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, Associate Professor in Hate Studies within the Department of Criminology, has been appointed to the Government’s first ever...
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UK National Police Air Service safer thanks to the work of University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/13-uk-national-police-air-service-npas-flight-deck-safety
Dr Simon Bennett researches flight-deck human factors to improve safety The National Police Air Service (NPAS), created in 2012, provides tactical...