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Leicester criminologists working with Government to explore motivations behind acid attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-criminologists-working-with-government-to-explore-motivations-behind-acid-attacks
Researchers from our Department of Criminology have launched a major research project, commissioned by the Home Office, into the motivations of offenders who carry and use acid in violent attacks.
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Macron’s railway reforms: the ultimate test for French trade unionism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/04/19/macrons-railway-reforms-the-ultimate-test-for-french-trade-unionism/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on April 19, 2018 In this blog Dr Heather Connolly reflects on the on-going strike action in France.
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Professor Alex Mitchell cited as one of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/06-highly-cited
Professor Alex Mitchell, Honorary Professor of Psycho-oncology and Liaison Psychiatry, has been cited in a list of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’ by the influential Web of Science Group.
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GP’s devotion to the health of homeless people is recognised with University of Leicester award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/gp-devotion-health-homeless-people-recognised-university-leicester-award
A Leicester GP who has devoted much of his professional life to improving the health of homeless people has been honoured by his hometown university.
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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 26
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/26/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Final poppy wreaths to be laid as University of Leicester honours region’s wartime sacrifices
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/poppy-pilgrimage-2022
18 poppy wreaths will be laid by University of Leicester at war memorials across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
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£1.2 million funding to investigate mental health legacy of colonialism in Guyana’s jails
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/15-mental-health-legacy-of-colonialism-in-guyanas-jails
Funding for University of Leicester project announced under the ESRC-AHRC GCRF Mental Health 2017 Call
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Arch-I-Scan’s end-of-the-year-successes – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2021/01/18/celebrating-end-of-the-year-successes/
The Arch-I-Scan project recounts a few end-of-2020 successes, including a paper presentation at the CAA conference, an interdisciplinary award from the University's Images of Research competition, and the announcement of Professor Ivan Tyukin's Turing AI Fellowship.
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Clearing trip to see the University of Leicester changed Tom’s direction of study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/clearing-tom
When Tom Walters missed out on his first-choice university place, the next step should have seen him accept his reserve choice – until a visit to the University of Leicester during Clearing changed everything.
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1,800 year-old evidence of Roman worship found in Leicester Cathedral dig
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/cathedral-roman-worship
University of Leicester Archaeological Services uncover evidence of a cellar and altar stone from the Roman period thought to be a private shrine or cult room, suggesting the site of Leicester Cathedral has seen religious observance for nearly 1,800 years