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Alumnus and entrepreneur encourages students to "be bold and don't settle"
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/alumnus-and-entrrpreneur-encourages-students-to-be-bold-and-don2019t-settle
The founder of the satellite technology company Planet, whose mission is to image the whole Earth every day, has been interviewed about his experience at University and how it led to the creation of his game-changing organisation.
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Year in Industry (optional)
https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/undergraduate/year-in-industry
Our programme offers a year in industry option, allowing you the opportunity to gain professional experience by of working in a sector related to your course, whilst developing workplace skills and building a network with people in industry.
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Criminologists awarded new grant to tackle homophobic transphobic and biphobic hate crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/criminologists-awarded-new-grant-to-tackle-homophobic-transphobic-and-biphobic-hate-crime
Leicester criminologists have been awarded a grant from the Equality and Human Rights Commission to lead a new project that tackles homophobic, transphobic and biphobic hate crime in Leicester and Leicestershire.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 714 April
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-7-14-april
Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an article for The Conversation exploring how it could be a good idea to discuss topics such as sex, rape and pornography in classrooms in order to properly educate young people about...
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PhD student receives prestigious research grant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-student-receives-prestigious-research-grant
A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale.
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Untold stories of the Holocaust South Russias largest city to be explored at exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/untold-stories-of-the-holocaust-south-russias-largest-city-to-be-explored-at-exhibition
A new exhibition organised by the University of Leicester will shed light on the untold wartime events in occupied Russia’s largest Holocaust site, Rostov-on-Don – including the discovery of a previously unknown Nazi prisoner of war camp.
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Breakthrough research to diagnose children with asthma
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/breakthrough-research-to-diagnose-children-with-asthma
A number of studies to better understand asthma – including how to diagnose and monitor the condition in children – will be conducted by Leicester researchers.
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Support for conflicts and world events
https://le.ac.uk/about/conflict-support
The University of Leicester is committed to supporting our staff, students, and wider community impacted by ongoing conflicts or world events across the globe.
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Business students promote Leicester Comedy Festival 2018
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/business-students-promote-leicester-comedy-festival-2018
International students from the University of Leicester’s School of Business have collaborated on a live project to promote the Leicester Comedy Festival. Leicester loves a laugh.
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Hatton Centre for Education (Secondary)
https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/routes/lead-partners/hatton-secondary
Sir Christopher Hatton Academy is delighted to be the lead school for the Hatton Teaching School Alliance, offering Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in partnership with the University of Leicester as part of their School Direct Secondary PGCE.