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News and events
https://le.ac.uk/education/news-events
Explore news and events items related to Education at Leicester, both those published by the School and those published by the University's central Press Office.
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News
https://le.ac.uk/physics/news
Physics blog Physics blog pjm69@leicester.ac.uk sitecore\McMillanPaulJ. Browse the blog published by our Physics and Astronomy team. Physics and Astronomy news Physics and Astronomy news pjm69@leicester.ac.uk sitecore\McMillanPaulJ.
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How the Bank of England was built by pirate booty
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/how-the-bank-of-england-was-built-by-pirate-booty
The remarkable similarities between the invention of the novel and of commercial corporations such as the Bank of England in the seventeenth century can inform present-day theories of management, according to Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management.
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Political Cartoons in the Classroom: The ‘Simple View of Reading’ Approach
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/03/02/political-cartoons-in-the-classroom-the-simple-view-of-reading-approach/
Blog on reading political cartoons in the classroom
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Our 100: A people’s history of the University
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/our-100
As part of the University’s centenary celebrations, we want your help to showcase ‘Our 100’ – 100 things that define our past, present, and future.
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Workshops
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/workshops
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. Information about workshops held for the project, attended by many people from groups who were participating in the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) ‘All Our Stories’ scheme.
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Leicester astronomers play key role in groundbreaking movie of the cosmos by new observatory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/astronomers-groundbreaking-movie-cosmos-new-observatory
The decade-long wait for UK astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which University of Leicester space scientists have contributed to, reveals dazzling first images
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Leicester astronomer pays tribute to ground-breaking Gaia mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/gaia-milky-way
Mission to map our sky for over a decade includes University of Leicester astronomers
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United Nations Day 2024: United for climate action
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/un-day
Professor Heiko Balzter, Director of the Institute for Environmental Futures at the University of Leicester, reflects on the United Nations’ (UN) critical role in fighting climate change.
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European Space Agency Education Symposium comes to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/13-european-space-agency
Earlier this year, our Doctoral College was approached by the West Indian Senior Citizens Project (WISCP), asking if some of our doctoral and early career researchers would present their findings as part of the WISCP Awareness and Wellbeing Week.