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Bestselling author Louise Doughty awarded Honorary Degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/louise-doughty
The bestselling Leicestershire-born author, playwright and journalist, Louise Doughty, has today (Wednesday 19 January) been awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Leicester.
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Leicester’s tuberculosis research boosted by six-figure funding for lab equipment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/leicester-tuberculosis-research-boosted-funding-lab-equipment
The University of Leicester’s research into tuberculosis has been bolstered with a six-figure grant to fund new lab equipment.
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Leicester’s free legal advice clinic receives Home Office funding to help Windrush victims
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/windrush-compensation-scheme-free-legal-advice-clinic
The University of Leicester's free Legal Advice Clinic has been awarded £40,000 by the Home Office as part of the Windrush Compensation Advocacy Support Fund.
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Richard III mosaic unveiled at visitor centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/richard-iii-mosaic-unveiled-at-vistor-centre
The King Richard III Visitor Centre unveiled a huge photo-mosaic portrait of the King to coincide with the one year anniversary of the reinterment on 26 March.
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The Bulletin - Leicester geology students record biggest ever Vardyquake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/the-bulletin-leicester-geology-students-record-biggest-ever-vardyquake
In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear how Leicester geology students discovered that fans at Leicester City's final home game of the season against Everton caused the biggest earth tremors ever recorded at the ground.
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News archive
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/about/building/news-archive
Browse news coverage about our iconic Engineering building at the University of Leicester.
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Thought piece: The problem with Apollo
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-problem-with-apollo
Apollo 11 launches Apollo 11 launches| As the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the lunar surface approaches, Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Lecturer in International Relations, School of History, Politics and International Relations, discusses the problems with Apollo.
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Senate regulation 12: Regulations governing student complaints
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-12
Downloadable version of Senate Regulation 12 (PDF, 154KB) Introduction 12.1 Advice on the operation of the complaints regulations can be obtained from the Student Conduct and Complaints Team, or from the Advice Service in the Students’ Union.
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Sexual misconduct and harassment policy
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-11/sr11-appendix-1
This is the current version of the policy, valid since 4 December 2025. The previous version has been archived. Introduction 1. Content advisory: this policy contains descriptions of non-consensual sexual acts which some may find distressing.
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Environmental Geoscience
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gl3102
Module code: GL3102 Human activity has had an unprecedented impact on the Earth. We have modified - and continue to modify - our planet. In this module, you'll explore the role of a geoscientist in monitoring, measuring and mitigating the effects of humans on the world.