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Sami Zubaida
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida
We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.
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Nick Everett
https://le.ac.uk/people/nick-everett
The academic profile of Mr Nick Everett, Associate Professor in American Literature & Creative Writing at University of Leicester
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What Difference Did the War Make? British Society and the Great War, 1900-1939
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3620
Module code: HS3620 The Great War, later known as the First World War, is frequently seen as the first of a particular and new kind of conflict. The first industrialised ‘total’ war whose impact was felt on an unprecedented scale - and was global in scope.
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Writing for PR
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms3027
Module code: MS3027 PR is all about how organisations such as brands or charities communicate with the media, politics and the social world. The number of PR jobs – across all regions of the globe - continues to grow.
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Media and Gender
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms3000
Module code: MS3000 Media and Gender is a lively and engaging module which addresses key issues and concerns around how women, men and gender-non conforming individuals are represented, experience and engage with various media forms.
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Natural Resources and Energy for the 21st Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gl1104
Module code: GL1104 Where do the materials in my mobile phone come from? Should we mine in the Arctic? What are the viable alternatives to fossil fuels? How does the discovery of diamonds change the history of a country? Natural resources are the fundamental basis for the way...
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Barrister alumni
https://le.ac.uk/law/study/careers/graduate-profiles/barrister
Hear from Michael Humphries QC, who became a barrister after graduating from Leicester Law School. He became a Queen's Counsel in 2003 and a Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple in 2010.
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Stibbe Roman mosaic to go on public display for first time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/stibbe-roman-mosaic-to-go-on-public-display-for-first-time
University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) in partnership with BBC Radio Leicester are putting on public display the newly conserved ‘Stibbe’ Roman mosaic for the first time.
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January blues Students Union launches 2018 with destress events to ease exam nerves
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/january-blues-student2019s-union-launches-2018-with-de-stress-events-to-ease-exam-nerves
January marks the start of a new year, and, for students across the University, the beginning of exam season. Hours spent in the library revising and writing essays can leave you feeling stressed out and tired.
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Research inspires art exhibit on mental health and the human experience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/research-inspires-art-exhibit-on-mental-health-and-the-human-experience
PhD researcher in the University’s School of Business and Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Katie Melvin has combined her academic research into bodily feelings and passion for visual art at a current exhibition held at Attenborough Arts centre.