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Women from Universitys past inspire its future on International Womens Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/women-from-university2019s-past-inspire-its-future-on-international-women2019s-day
The inspirational stories of women working in universities and science will be told to encourage staff and students to #pressforprogress in gender equality.
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Widespread prehistoric volcanic activity across Mongolia and China linked to a common cause
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/march/17-volcanoes
Research by a Leicester-led team of geologists has uncovered new evidence for the causes of widespread volcanic activity in eastern Asia 100 million years ago.
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Leicester joins UK drive to support businesses and communities through COVID-19 crisis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/03-uk-drive
The University of Leicester joined businesses from across the UK in an initiative to help Britain and its most vulnerable citizens to pull through the coronavirus crisis.
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The Village
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/accommodation/oadby
With its buzzing social life and wide choice of accommodation, The Village is very popular with freshers. It’s an excellent place to settle into University life and make new friends.
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Additional responsibilities of international students studying on campus
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/engagement-monitoring/additional-responsibilities-of-international-students
If you are an international student you have additional responsibilities. You must: Have a valid visa. You will provide this to us at central registration at the beginning of each academic year.
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100 not out for Chemistry at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/about/anniversary
Celebrating 100 years of the School of Chemistry at the University of Leicester. A century old and still going strong.
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Biomedical Engineering Research Group (BERG)
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/research/berg
Engineering plays a crucial role in supporting advances in healthcare technologies that will improve the quality of human health for future generations. Learn more about the staff, and the activities undertaken in the School.
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Human Development Report 2025: A matter of choice: people and possibilities in the age of Artificial
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/16/human-development-report-2025-a-matter-of-choice-people-and-possibilities-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2025 Human development progress is experiencing an unprecedented slowdown according to the 2025 Human Development Report released on 6 May 2025 by the United Nations Development Programme.
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Reading’s Windrush Generation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/readings-windrush-generation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 The Memories of the Reading Windrush Generation and the Descendants is a series of oral-history recordings developed by members of Reading’s local Caribbean community and...
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Boots Archive timeline
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/16/boots-archive-timeline/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2017 Chemist store Boots has just released a fascinating timeline of images about its company history which economic historians may find useful.