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Trident and Triremes: funding for research into nuclear weapons and Ancient Greece
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/10-erc-grants
Two University of Leicester academics have received more than three and a half million euros from the European Research Council for major projects investigating the ancient past and the world of the future.
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Stonewall names University of Leicester one of Britain's top 100 LGBT-inclusive employers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/22-stonewall-top-employer
Stonewall logo. Acceptance without exception.|University of Leicester ranks 72nd on LGBT charity's annual list of inclusive employers.
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Breast cancer relapse could be found two years earlier
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/16-breast-cancer-relapse-detection
Breast cancer detection Illustration of a breast cancer tumour 650|Research suggests a simple blood test may hold the key to detecting breast cancer relapse.
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New Space Park Leicester CEO signals greater focus on commercial strategy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/new-space-park-leicester-ceo-focus-commercial-strategy-770
Will Wells appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park, moving from role as Director of Commercialisation and Knowledge Exchange within the University’s Research and Enterprise Division
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University of Leicester launches international Pathways programmes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/foundation-courses
The University of Leicester is launching three international year 1 programmes in August as well as a STEM International Foundation Year from September.
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Investigative journalist who identified Salisbury poisoners receives University of Leicester honour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/eliot-higgins
The founder of an award-winning investigative journalism collective which identified the Salisbury poisoners has been honoured by the University of Leicester.
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Study spaces
https://le.ac.uk/library/using/study-spaces
Study Spaces in the David Wilson Library (DWL), University of Leicester study spaces managed by the Library in the Charles Wilson building Freemen's Common Cottages esports lab, doctoral college reading room
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Welcome back to your studies
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-next-steps/returning-students
Information if you're a returning student to the University of Leicester.
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New app launched to support estimated 175,000 people in the UK with Lynch Syndrome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/lynch-syndrome
A new app has been launched with the help of the University of Leicester, to help people living with Lynch Syndrome to monitor and manage their condition, alongside their treating clinicians
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Open letter to parents and carers from our President and Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/open-letter-parents-from-vice-chancellor
Dear parents and carers With the latest national lockdown impacting everyone UK, I am writing to update you on the steps we are taking to ensure that no student is disadvantaged because of this pandemic.