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• Transformative plan to pioneer a distinctive elite in higher education

  Date: 22 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/transformative-plan-to-pioneer-a-distinctive-elite-in-higher-education

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has unveiled a transformative plan to create a university that represents a ‘distinctive elite’...

• Free language taster sessions from Languages at Leicester

  Date: 18 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/free-language-taster-sessions-from-languages-at-leicester

  A long-running language learning programme offering over a dozen languages is offering members of the public the opportunity to try a new...

• Richard III landmarks ranked in Smithsonians 25 Great New Places to See list

  Date: 17 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-landmarks-ranked-in-smithsonians-25-great-new-places-to-see-list

  Richard III landmarks around Leicester, including Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, the King Richard III Visitor Centre and Leicester...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 10 16 September

  Date: 16 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-10-16-september

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has written an article with researchers Lucy Smith, Nicola Cooper, Kate Williams and Henrietta...

• Scanning technology helps bring answers to Shoreham tragedy

  Date: 15 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/scanning-technology-helps-bring-answers-to-shoreham-tragedy

  Cutting-edge scanning technology was used to help identify victims of the crash at the Shoreham Air Show.

• Children learn money skills in new project

  Date: 9 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/children-learn-money-using-skills-in-new-project

  Children as young as two-years-old are being encouraged to learn about maths through a project led by the University and involving local schools...

• Women are more fairly funded in the social sciences

  Date: 8 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/women-are-more-fairly-funded-in-the-social-sciences

  Accounting for academic position, women are as successful as men at winning grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and they...

• Richard III gave battle in sand

  Date: 3 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-gave-battle-in-sand

  A time-lapse video showing the creation of a sand sculpture depicting the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 has been captured by the University of Leicester.

• Graduate poet publishes new anthology

  Date: 3 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/graduate-poet-publishes-new-anthology

  Poet Selina Nwulu, who graduated from the University with a degree in French and Italian from the School of Modern Languages, has published a new...

• Archaeologists investigate threatened Cypriot site

  Date: 2 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/archaeologists-to-investigate-threatened-cypriot-site

  Leicester archaeologists are in a race against time to uncover the heritage of a threatened 1,500-year-old site on a Cyprus shoreline.