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UN space threats group to hear from University of Leicester expert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/un-space
The United Nations is to hear from a University of Leicester expert on space politics on how to regulate military activity in space.
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BBC Book of the Week author set to inspire our English students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/kit-de-waal-english-leicester
The author of this week’s BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week will be inspiring students on the University of Leicester’s English course, from September.
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BBC drama novelist residency set to inspire English students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/kit-de-waal
The novelist behind a new uplifting BBC television drama will be sharing the skills behind her writing with students at the University of Leicester.
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Best-selling crime author visits Leicester to discuss “killing for fun and profit”!
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/val-mcdermid
Best-selling crime author Val McDermid visits Leicester to discuss “killing for fun and profit”
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Nuclear expert cautions against unfamiliar new nuclear age
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/nuclear-technologies
High-tech advances in weapons technologies and a return of ‘great power nuclear politics’, risk the world ‘sleepwalking’ into a nuclear age vastly...
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Difficult Conversations: Public panel to tackle topic of nuclear conflict
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/difficult-conversations-nuclear-weapons
A leading international relations expert has warned of the danger of ‘alarmism’ around nuclear weapons ahead of a public panel discussion.
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Leicester author shares untold story of Mary Attenborough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/mary-attenborough
A Leicester historian says he is ‘absolutely certain’ that Mary Attenborough would have been front and centre in helping refugees and asylum...
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Literary endowment fund will create new ‘writer in residence’ and professorship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/jean-humphreys
Literary endowment fund will create new ‘writer in residence’ and professorship at Leicester University
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Literary Festival returns to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/literary-leicester
World-renowned authors will be heading to Leicester for one of the biggest and most diverse literary festivals in the East Midlands, taking place...
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The Dickens Code: Enduring mystery of Dickens shorthand letter solved with crowd-sourced research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dickens-code-tavistock-letter
An international team of volunteers and amateur decoders have helped experts solve the enduring mystery of a letter written by celebrated novelist...