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Professor Clare Anderson appointed as trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/clare-anderson
The University of Leicester’s Professor Clare Anderson has been appointed by the Prime Minister as one of six new Trustees of the Royal Museums...
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New project to collect evidence of modern slavery among adult websites
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/modern-slavery-adult-websites
Adult service websites and their users have a key role to play in preventing modern slavery, according to a leading criminologist from the...
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Holocaust Memorial Day: The catalyst for change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/holocaust-memorial-day
Thursday, 27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day, a time to reflect on the past to safeguard the future.
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Leicester historians guest edit Centenary journal edition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/howard-journal
Leading historians from the University of Leicester have guest edited a special Centenary issue of the prestigious Howard Journal of Crime and...
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Paralympic Gold for Leicester sports scholar
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/nick-cummins-paralympics-gold
University of Leicester History PhD student and sports scholar Nick Cummins has won Gold as part of Great Britain’s Wheelchair Rugby squad at the...
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Drugs legislation requires review, says academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/drugs-misuse-scarman-lecture
The main piece of legislation used to combat illegal drug use in the UK is no longer fit for purpose, according to a leading criminologist at the...
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Two new Heads of School announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/new-cssah-heads
Two new Heads of School have been appointed within the University of Leicester’s College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH).
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University historian drives successful campaign for Leicestershire flag
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/leicestershire-flag
The county of Leicestershire has ended its 1,000-year wait for an official flag, thanks to the work of a historian based at the University of...
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National award for Queer Heritage and Collections Network
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/queer-heritage
A partnership supporting museums and heritage bodies to reveal and publicly present LGBTQ+ histories – of which the University of Leicester is a...
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Sports scholar picked for Tokyo Paralympic squad
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/nick-cummins-paralympic-squad
University of Leicester History PhD student and sports scholar Nick Cummins has been selected in Great Britain’s Wheelchair Rugby squad for this...