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• Our History

  https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/our-history

  Plans were announced in 1917 for a new college of higher education in Leicester, as a memorial to the sacrifices made by local people during the First World War.

• Shot at dawn in the Great War: Re-evaluating justice in the case of Harry Farr. By Floris Tomasini

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/10/03/shot-at-dawn/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on October 3, 2016   Today’s post looks at a re-evaluation of justice in an emblematic case study; Harry Farr who was shot for cowardice during the Great War.

• Early edition of Frankenstein in University archives gives rise to chilling story around its creation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/early-edition-of-frankenstein-in-university-archives-gives-rise-to-chilling-story-around-its-creation

  A popular character during Halloween is the shambling mass of assorted body parts known as Frankenstein’s Monster from Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein – a creature who has remained a harrowing vision of what can happen when people try and create unnatural life since its...

• University of Leicester backs performances marking 50 years since Ugandan Asian exodus

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/curve-uganda

  The University of Leicester has backed a series of performances which mark the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian exodus.

• National award for Josh’s out of this world bakes with National Space Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/national-award-josh-bakes-space-centre

  Instagram series Mission Bake, a collaboration between Dr Josh Smalley and the National Space Centre, has won first place at the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards

• Commercialisation

  https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/commercialisation

  Spin-outs The University of Leicester has a rich history of pioneering innovations and turning them into commercial success stories across multiple industries. The world-class research that takes place has led to a large portfolio of spin-out companies.

• New book on bisexuality to debut at Leicester Pride

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-book-on-bisexuality-to-debut-at-leicester-pride

  A new book on bisexuality co-curated by a University staff member will feature on the University’s stand at Leicester Pride on Saturday 3 September 2016.

• Creating circular economies for technology metals

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/recycling-metal

  Professor Andrew Abbott explores the cutting-edge science making recycling metals eco-compatible.

• We are Citizens of Change

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/24-we-are-citizens-of-change

  prsrA2paH7s|Today sees the launch of our new identity – Citizens of Change. It builds on the University of Leicester’s heritage whilst looking to the future and supporting our mission, vision and new strategic plan.

• Birth of Giants, University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/20/the-birth-of-giants/

  Juno's exploration of the interior of Jupiter via gravitational mapping.