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• Oral history projects in Derbyshire

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/directory-of-oral-history/east-midlands/derbyshire

  Browse projects and oral history materials from Derbyshire, including the £25,000 grant offered to children aged between 13 and 17 to discover more about the grounds of Chatsworth.

• Stanley Burton Centre PhD Scholarship

  https://le.ac.uk/history/study/research-degrees/stanley-burton-centre-phd-scholarships

  The Stanley Burton Centre is offering two PhD scholarships (fee-waiver) in Holocaust and Genocide Studies to mark its 30th anniversary year.

• Wellcome awards Leicester scientist £2m to study gene regulation in early development

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/wellcome-award-leicester-scientist-gene-regulation

  A University of Leicester scientist has been awarded £2m for research which could lead to advances in understanding and treating developmental disorders.

• Satisfaction with working from home is distinct from job satisfaction, new study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/working-from-home-satisfaction

  Research at the Universities of Leicester and East Anglia reveals that Influences on the job satisfaction of homeworkers are no different from those normal associated with it; but influences on their satisfaction with homeworking are distinct from these.

• Study finds plastic is changing the behaviour of the world’s river sediment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/catherine-russell

  A University of Leicester expert has led a study which has found plastic pollution is changing the way riverbeds behave.

• Robert Harris

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/robert-harris

  The University has learned with regret of the death of Dr Robert (Bob) Roderick Harris who passed away on 11 January 2023.

• About us

  https://le.ac.uk/ulas/about

  Founded in 1995, ULAS have been providing archaeological services across England and Wales for over 25 years. Find out more about us.

• Leicester in the running for national University of the Year award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/the-shortlisting

  The University of Leicester is in the running for a prestigious national University of the Year award.

• Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle

  Dr John Pearce, from King’s College London, is a co-author of the study. He added: “This unique object gives us our most detailed representation of this form of execution found in Roman Britain.

• Blood vessel genes could be targets for heart disease drugs: new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/blood-vessel-genes-heart-disease-drugs

  University of Leicester scientists analysed genes linked to cells forming our blood vessels that could be targets for drugs that tackle multiple vascular diseases