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UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad: 'The Struggle of Yazidis against IS'
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/un-goodwill-ambassador-nadia-murad
Summary of a talk to staff, students and public by Nadia Murad, who escaped from ISIS, given on 26 November 2016
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UK to tackle danger of the solar wind and find new Earth-like planets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-solar-wind-smile-plato
New national space funding worth £7 million will ensure UK scientists play a leading role in a new space weather mission, the Science Minister Chris Skidmore announced on the first day of British Science Week (8 March).
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£1.2 million funding to investigate mental health legacy of colonialism in Guyana’s jails
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/15-mental-health-legacy-of-colonialism-in-guyanas-jails
Funding for University of Leicester project announced under the ESRC-AHRC GCRF Mental Health 2017 Call
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Tackling the climate crisis from space: Leicester puts quality data at the forefront of COP28 agenda
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/cop28-space-climate
Three University of Leicester experts will attend COP28 in Dubai to show the value of space technology in tackling climate change
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What can Critics of Management and Critics of Economics learn from each other?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/02/19/what-can-critics-of-management-and-critics-of-economics-learn-from-each-other/
Posted by in School of Business Blog on February 19, 2014 Neil Lancastle, one of the School’s current PhD students, brings his experience of curricular reform in economics to bear upon the promises (and problems) of being “critical” in a School of Management.
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Worcestershire Archives Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/09/16/worcestershire-archives-collections/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on September 16, 2021 As a regional hub for the UOSH project the team at the University of Leicester has worked with collections from institutions across the Midlands.
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A Global History of Convicts and Penal Colonies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2018/06/20/a-global-history-of-convicts-and-penal-colonies/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 20, 2018 The main objective of the ‘Carceral Archipelago’ project has been to write the history of convicts and penal colonies into global history, by synthesizing existing research on some geographical contexts...
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How Leicester is driving the move from climate talk into climate action
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/climate-talk-action
Professor Sarah Davies, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering at Leicester, discusses the importance of COP28 and the University’s dedication to environmental sustainability
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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/3/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Research Skills Training for Autumn 2025
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/09/24/research-skills-training-for-autumn-2025/
Posted by William Farrell in Library and Learning Services on September 24, 2025 Another term begins, and so too does our research skills training program.