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‘Permissible Beauty’ – New immersive installation at Hampton Court Palace will explore changing notions of beauty through history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/permissible-beauty
Why are some forms of beauty more permissible, more highly valued, than others? A new immersive installation at Hampton Court Palace will bring past and present together to explore this question and to celebrate a new chapter of British Beauty for the 21st century.
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Ukraine universities strike up research partnerships with University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/twinning-research
The University of Leicester has bolstered its links with two Ukrainian universities after securing funding to collaborate on research projects involving supply chains, aerospace, bioengineering, and artificial intelligence.
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Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/uranus-aurora
University of Leicester astronomers confirm the existence of an infrared (IR) aurora on Uranus, providing insights into how magnetic field on ice giants such as Uranus and Neptune behave.
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Dataset will help advance research into neuro-degenerative diseases
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/epnd-neuro-degenerative-diseases-leicester
A platform set up to help researchers look into the causes and treatments for neuro-degenerative diseases has released its first biomarker dataset with the help of experts from the University of Leicester
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Leicester tops UK ranking for United Nations Sustainable Development Goals category
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/the-impact-rankings
New rankings have put the University of Leicester at the top of the UK tree for higher education (HE) institutions committed to working towards peace, justice and strong institutions.
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Presidents of the Students' Union
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/records/su-presidents
Browse the Presidents of the Students’ Union from 1923 to the present day. Please do let us know if you can fill any of our gaps in the 1940s and 1950s.
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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.
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Bradgate Park Fieldschool Season 5 2019
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/people-and-places/bradgate-park-fieldschool/season-5-2019
The fifth season of the Bradgate Park Fieldschool ran from the 20th May to the 5th July 2019, with a public open day on the 29th June. This year, we focussed on two areas of excavation: Bradgate House and a possible medieval settlement to the east.
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Research seeks to improve care for families living with Motor Neurone Disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/mnd
New research being carried out by the University of Leicester will examine health and social care services in the UK for families living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
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New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/goto
GOTO is designed to fill this observational gap by searching for optical signals in the electromagnetic spectrum that might indicate the source of the gravitational waves – quickly locating the source and using that information to direct a fleet of telescopes, satellites and...