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Distance learning opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives/distance-learning
HyPIR’s DL Master’s sanctuary scholarships were also the subject of doctoral research carried out by Dr Gabi Witthaus, and a corresponding paper entitled 'Refugees and Online Engagement in Higher Education: A Capabilitarian Model'.
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Founding benefactors families event: The Clarkes and the Gees
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/04/06/founding-benefactors-families-event-the-clarkes-and-the-gees/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 6, 2018 In collaboration with colleagues from our Development and Alumni Relations Office , Archives and Special Collections recently contributed to an event welcoming to campus the descendants of some of our...
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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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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 in the University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies, as one of the leading academics it has commissioned to write a research...
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Japan's earliest 'couple' identified
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/09-japan-fossils
Fossils of male and female shells of tiny bivalved crustaceans 700|Scientists have discovered fossils of tiny male and female crustaceans over 400 million years old in Japan An international team of scientists has discovered what is believed to be Japan’s earliest...
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e-Engagement Against Violence
https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/e-eav
The e-EAV comparative project, funded by the EU’s Daphne initiative with the British case lead by Gabriella Lazaridis, examines the remaking of traditional forms of discrimination through the new means of digital/social media.
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Explore our collections
https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/explore
Explore the collections of archives, manuscripts and printed rare books housed in Archives and Special Collections.
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Centre launches to put empathy at the heart of healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/empathy
The role empathy plays in helping to improve patient satisfaction and reduce their pain is at the heart of a new healthcare research centre at the University of Leicester.
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Leicester scientist discusses one of the most exciting planetary events that well see in our lifetime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-scientist-discusses-2018one-of-the-most-exciting-planetary-events-that-we2019ll-see-in-our-lifetime2019
When Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) passed just 140,000 kilometres from Mars on 19 October 2014, depositing a large amount of debris in the Martian atmosphere, space agencies coordinated multiple spacecraft to witness the largest meteor shower in recorded history.
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Leicester celebrates Knowledge Exchange Framework success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/knowledge-exchange-framework
The University of Leicester’s position as a leading research institution that drives innovation and growth in its local area has been recognised by Research England (RE), after the release of this year’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) results.