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What is saffron
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/what-is-saffron
Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of the many reasons that make the spice the world's most expensive agricultural product.
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Staffordshire Archives and Heritage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/12/06/staffordshire-archives-and-heritage/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on December 6, 2021 Previously, we have discussed the collections from Keele University that the UOSH Midlands hub has worked with. These have given us a glimpse into the history of Staffordshire.
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Brexit talk inaugurates new School of Business lecture series
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/brexit-talk-inaugurates-new-school-of-business-lecture-series
A prestigious new lecture series will be inaugurated at the University with a focus on the financial implications of Brexit. The new Dean’s Lecture Series in our School of Business will be given on Tuesday 22 November by a senior executive of the European Central Bank (ECB).
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Immunology and Eukaryotic Microbiology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/bs2032
Module code: BS2032 Do you know your closest companions? Take BS2032 and discover how we live in a world dominated by bacteria, parasites and fungi. Using lectures and practical hands-on activities you will learn about the microbial world and our response to it.
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Immunology and Eukaryotic Microbiology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs2032
Module code: BS2032 Do you know your closest companions? Take BS2032 and discover how we live in a world dominated by bacteria, parasites and fungi. Using lectures and practical hands-on activities you will learn about the microbial world and our response to it.
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Immunology and Eukaryotic Microbiology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/bs2032
Module code: BS2032 Do you know your closest companions? Take BS2032 and discover how we live in a world dominated by bacteria, parasites and fungi. Using lectures and practical hands-on activities you will learn about the microbial world and our response to it.
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Citizens of Change: University of Leicester to spark national dialogue at Labour Party Conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/national-dialogue-labour-party-conference
Five events organised by the University will take place at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on Monday 29 September
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Holiday Memories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/04/05/holiday-memories/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on April 5, 2019 As part of the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project we have been training volunteers in how to archive and use sound recordings.
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Training Doctors in Iraq
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/training-doctors-in-iraq
The future of medical education in Iraq is being shaped by experts at Leicester. Vitally needed doctors being trained at Babylon and Kufa universities in Iraq will benefit from a curriculum shaped by the University.
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Space scientists reveal secret behind Jupiter’s ‘energy crisis’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/jupiter-energy-crisis
New research published in Nature has revealed the solution to Jupiter’s ‘energy crisis’, which has puzzled astronomers for decades.