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An evening with Esua Jane Goldsmith
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/esua-jane-goldsmith
On International Women's Day, former Students’ Union President Esua Jane Goldsmith talked about how her time in Leicester University in the 1970s shaped her personal and political journey, and connections with the social justice movements of today.
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Exceptional research showcase
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/research-showcase
Professor Nishan Canagarajah comments on the breadth and excellence of our ground-breaking research at Leicester.
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Waging war on cultural terrorism
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/cultural-terrorism
Professor David Mattingly explores the importance of protecting archaeological heritage sites from cultural terrorism, and the efforts being undertaken to preserve and record in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Tackling sexual violence
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/dna-kits
Professor Lisa Smith discusses how new DNA kits are helping to ensure survivors of sexual violence find justice.
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The Oxford Group
https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/the-oxford-group
Our two-year Leverhulme-funded research project examines the contribution made to the emergence (or rather re-emergence) of the idea of animal rights made by a group of young people - mainly postgraduate philosophy students - who congregated in Oxford for a few short years -...
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Evelyn Waugh Conference 2015 – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/05/26/evelyn-waugh-conference-2015/
Write up of Evelyn Waugh and His Circle: Reading and Editing the Complete Works conference
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Glowing Jupiter Awaits Juno University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/29/glowing-jupiter-awaits-juno/
Press release on spectacular new infrared images of Jupiter from the Leicester team.
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UK Disability History Month 2022: Uncovering the history of the Fielding Johnson Building
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2022/11/24/uk-disability-history-month-2022-uncovering-the-history-of-the-fielding-johnson-building/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library and Learning Services on November 24, 2022 16 November to 16 December 2022 is UK Disability History Month , an annual event creating a platform to focus on the history of the rights and dignity of disabled people.
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Juno Mission unveils the depth and structure of planet’s shrinking red spot and colourful bands
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/10/29/juno-mission-unveils-the-depth-and-structure-of-planets-shrinking-red-spot-and-colourful-bands/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 29 October 2021 Dr.
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Leicester professor judges space travel competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-professor-judges-space-travel-competition
Professor Alan Wells, Emeritus Professor and Founding Director of the University’s Space Research Centre is playing a lead role in a global multi-million pound prize competition - Google Lunar XPRIZE - to land a robot on the moon.