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Midlands has largest concentration of space sector organisations in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/midlands-largest-concentration-space-sector-organisations
Space Park Leicester welcomes new report shows region is home to 338 space sector organisations employing more than 3,850 people
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Fabulous First Year launched for students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/fabulous-first-year-launched-for-students
The University has launched its Fabulous First Year initiative designed to support students to access the range of services and opportunities available to them at university.
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News
https://le.ac.uk/healthcare/news
See what's happening in the School of Healthcare. Browse news from our Press Office, or direct from our departments.
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Conference to discuss ways of eradicating female genital mutilation in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/conference-to-discuss-ways-of-eradicating-female-genital-mutilation-in-the-uk
This year, more than 20,000 girls under the age of 15 will be at risk of genital mutilation in the UK.
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20% of women have experienced some kind of sexual assault since the age of 16
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/20-of-women-have-experienced-some-kind-of-sexual-assault-since-the-age-of-16/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 Latest shocking data from the UK Office of National Statistics. This compares with 4% of men. See the methodology and full report on the website.
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How did UK newspapers report the 2016 EU referendum campaigns?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/12/how-did-uk-newspapers-report-the-2016-eu-referendum-campaigns/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2017 Download the latest fascinating research from Kings College London. It is the first complete survey of over 351,000 articles from news outlets published over a 20-week period.
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The Dickens Code: Enduring mystery of Dickens shorthand letter solved with crowd-sourced research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dickens-code-tavistock-letter
The idea that the Tavistock letter was an appeal by Dickens to someone to intervene over a rejected, but legal, advertisement took the researchers back to New York’s Morgan Library & Museum, which holds a manuscript of a letter to Dickens dated 9 May 1859 from Mowbray...
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Largest study of UK online sex work reveals findings and recommendations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/largest-study-of-uk-online-sex-work-highlights-findings-and-recommendations
Researchers with expertise in studying the sex industry from the Universities of Leicester and Strathclyde have carried out the largest study to date of UK online sex work, examining the working conditions, safety and policing of the industry.
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Staff with caregiving responsibilities in UK higher education: Findings from a national study
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/staff-with-caregiving-responsibilities-in-uk-higher-education-findings-from-a-national-study/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 A recent national study in UK Higher Education reveals that staff with caregiving responsibilities face significant challenges in both their working and personal lives.
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EVENT: PhD Research Bites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/02/16/event-phd-research-bites/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 16 February 2023 Please join us next week on Wednesday 22nd February from 1-3pm in the LTB, for a new style of Physics Research Bites – PhDating! 11 PhD students will give 3 minute talks on their research...