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Redefining the Role of Botanic Gardens - Towards a New Social Purpose
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/redefining-role-of-botanic-gardens
The aim of this project was to examine the social role of botanic gardens in the UK.
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Ancient astrologers come under scrutiny at prestigious public lecture in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/ba-lecture
A world-leading authority on Babylonian astronomy will deliver a prestigious public lecture at the University of Leicester in May.
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Leicester goes the distance for Hong Kong alumni
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-goes-the-distance-for-hong-kong-alumni
There may be nearly 6,000 miles between our University and Hong Kong, but that will seem like nothing at all when over 140 alumni gather to hear a space scientist speak about her journey so far towards becoming an astronaut.
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Citizens of Change celebrate life-changing achievements online
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/graduation-celebration
IQiUjIbODDE|When starting their degrees at the University of Leicester, no student could have predicted that their 2020 graduation ceremony would have to be postponed because of a pandemic.
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Leicester space experts drive forward mission to find habitable worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/space-experts-mission-find-habitable-worlds
Professor Martin Barstow is leading a consortium developing a UK instrument contribution to the the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO).
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Conference shows how empathy can help patients and healthcare professionals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/empathy-conference-leicester-patients
A major conference in Leicester has shown how using empathy in healthcare consultations can improve outcomes for both patients and clinicians
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People
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/digital-culture/people
Institute Directors Professor Ross Parry, Institute Director Dr Sarah Jane Fox, Associate Director for Projects Dr Idil Osman, Associate Director for Partnerships Professor Hongji Yang, Associate Director for Innovation Advisory Board Becky Kobberod,...
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Fellowship award will allow Leicester researcher to launch genetic study of lung disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/fellowship-leicester-researcher-genetic-lung-disease
A University of Leicester researcher has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Career Development Fellowship to lead a groundbreaking study into the genomics of bronchiectasis.
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Britain at work
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/britain-at-work/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 The Britain at Work: Voices from the Workplace 1945-1995 project interviewed people from a diverse range of backgrounds about their experience of work including those who are...
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New issue of Museum and Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/01/new-issue-of-museum-and-society-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2024 Museum and Society have published a new issue on our journal platform.