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New videos help mark 50th anniversary of Department of Media and Communication
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-videos-help-mark-50th-anniversary-of-department-of-media-and-communication
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the University's Centre for Mass Communication Research – the first Centre of its kind studying mass communication and birthplace of the UK’s first media and communications Master’s degree.
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Jupiter awaits Junos arrival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/jupiter-awaits-juno2019s-arrival
Stunning new images and the highest-resolution maps to date of Jupiter at thermal infrared wavelengths give a glowing view of Juno’s target, a week ahead of the NASA mission’s arrival at the giant planet.
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Leicester staff member to appear on Sky's Portrait Artist of the Year 2019
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/25-sky-portrait-artist-of-the-year-megan-mcmullan
04GBRu357rQ|University of Leicester’s Megan McMullan will make her TV debut competing against other amateur artists on Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2019. University of Leicester Porter Megan McMullan will feature on Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2019.
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Professor Richard Thomas and Dr Naoise Mac Sweeney go 'Digging for Britain' on BBC4
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/27-digging-for-britain
Professor Richard Thomas from our School of Archaeology and Ancient History features on tonight's episode of Digging for Britain as series 2 programme 8 in the popular BBC4 archaeology series features our research-led training excavation at Bradgate Park,...
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100 years of the University Library: open house and centenary lecture
https://le.ac.uk/library/events/library-centenary
5 May 2023, 1.30pm - 5.00pm followed by drinks reception Join the Library team for this special event to celebrate 100 years since our official opening on 5 May 1923.
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Leicester StreetDoctors team give emergency first aid training
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicesters-streetdoctors-team-give-life-saving-first-aid-training-to-hitz-rugby-group
A team of volunteer medical students from our University working as members of national volunteering organisation StreetDoctors visited Leicester Tigers last week to deliver a day of emergency first-aid training to members of the HITZ Rugby group.
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The happy ending to the story of ambitious project to refurbish iconic Engineering Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/the-2018happy-ending2019-to-the-story-of-ambitious-project-to-refurbish-iconic-engineering-building
The Herculean task of replacing the iconic roof of one the world’s most revered pieces of 20th-century architecture has been captured on the page by the lead designer of the project.
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Leicesters clinical trials expertise highlighted in international review
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester2019s-clinical-trials-expertise-highlighted-in-international-review
The UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) Registered Clinical Trials Units Network has announced that 46 clinical trials units - including the University of Leicester’s Clinical Trials Unit - have been successfully registered following the 2017 Registration Review...
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LGBT research seminar to explore medieval and military sexualities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/lgbt-research-seminar-to-explore-medieval-and-military-sexualities
As part of LGBT+ History Month 2017 our University will host a free public event showcasing research into LGBT+ identities, including during the medieval period and throughout military history on Thursday 16 February between 12pm and 1pm.
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Research brings hope of new treatment for asthma sufferers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/research-brings-hope-of-new-treatment-of-asthma-sufferers
Improved treatments for people with severe asthma are a ‘step closer’ after a research team led by Dr Ruth Saunders from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation identified a breakthrough in the cause of airway narrowing.