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Fond farewell for Universitys sixth Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/fond-farewell-for-university2019s-sixth-chancellor
The University bids farewell to its Chancellor this week, as he presides over his final degree congregation on Friday 26 January. Lord Grocott has served for five years since he was installed as our Sixth Chancellor in January 2013.
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Leicester research is using valuable manuscripts saved from destruction in conflict zones
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/leicester-research-is-using-valuable-manuscripts-saved-from-destruction-in-conflict-zones
Leicester research is using valuable manuscripts saved from destruction in conflict zones Leicester research is using valuable manuscripts saved from destruction in conflict zones|Dr Jan Vandeburie is working with the Hill Manuscript Museum and Library, where significant...
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University of Leicester thrilled and delighted at Glenfield decision
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-of-leicester-2018thrilled-and-delighted2019-at-glenfield-decision
The University of Leicester is a partner of Leicester’s Hospitals and has campaigned to prevent the decommissioning of heart services at the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre (EMCHC).
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Leicester internationally recognised for supporting student sport
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-internationally-recognised-for-supporting-student-sport
Innovation and demonstration of best practice has helped Leicester win a European Award for supporting student sport. The University’s Leicester Academy picked up the top prize at the European Network of Academic Sports Services event.
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Joe Orton on the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/joe-orton-on-the-bbc
Material from the University of Leicester has played a key role in the making of a new documentary on the celebrated Leicester playwright Joe Orton.
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Footballs past present and future tackled via photographs at University event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/football2019s-past-present-and-future-tackled-via-photographs-at-university-event
Artist-in-residence for both the Football Association and Sport England, internationally acclaimed photographer Stuart Roy Clarke is to present on his work at the University in a free public event at 6pm on Thursday 9 February 2017.
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Greater integration between courts and extrajudicial bodies called for in public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/greater-integration-between-courts-and-extrajudicial-bodies-called-for-in-public-lecture
A legal expert from the University will call for more integration between courts and extrajudicial bodies in order to provide a solution to low-value claims in a Professorial Inaugural Lecture on 9 May.
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Photograph exhibition organised by students highlights liberation of Nazi camps
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/photograph-exhibition-highlights-liberation-of-nazi-camps
A photograph exhibition highlighting the liberation of Nazi camps during the Second World War will launch at the David Wilson Library on Wednesday 22 March.
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Beat those January exam blues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/beat-the-exam-blues
It's cold. It's wet. It's dark. Welcome to January. Most people suffer from a case of the 'January blues' but add exam worries to the mix and you really have got a gloomy prognosis.
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Researcher suggests mainstream media is responsible for shallow coverage of antirape activism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/researcher-suggests-mainstream-media-is-responsible-for-shallow-coverage-of-anti-rape-activism
Dr Kaitlynn Mendes (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has argued in a new book that the mainstream media often neglects anti-rape activism by delivering ‘shallow’ coverage.