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Rare chariot fittings from the Iron Age are among fascinating items in brand new exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/burrough-hill-exhibition
University archaeologist curates an exhibition of finds from Breedon Hill and Burrough Hill, including objects excavated by University of Leicester Archaeological Services
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New training set to support more children born prematurely and their families
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/premature-birth-training-smallest-things
A new online module created with the help of Leicester experts, ‘Supporting children and families in the pre-school’ years, has been released to increase awareness and understanding within early years staff of the impact of premature birth on children and their families.
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Our building
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/about/building
The Engineering Building at the University of Leicester is widely regarded as one of the most architecturally important buildings of its era.
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Carbon monitoring mission using Leicester expertise ready for launch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/microcarb
National Centre for Earth Observation scientists based at University of Leicester and University of Edinburgh are leading the UK science for European mission MicroCarb, which has completed assembly and qualification in the UK.
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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...
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Partners
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/partners
Taking a partnership approach with key organisations in the region, we can be more effective in making a transformative impact in communities and on society.
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Plantings
https://le.ac.uk/100-trees/plantings
Global celebration On 4 October 2021 we marked our 100th Birthday in a celebration which brought together our students, staff, partners, alumni, friends and supporters from all around the world.
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Rural life
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/rural-life
Learn more about the collections about rural life in the East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/about/laboratories/bone/research
Browse our research projects associated with the bone laboratory within Archaeology and Ancient History at Leicester.
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Victim of racist abuse joins study to explore racism in rural England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/rural-racism
A university researcher who’s been on the receiving end of targeted racist abuse in the English countryside is part of a University of Leicester team that’s spearheading a study on racism in rural England.