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Launch of the national disability arts collection and archive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/launch-of-the-national-disability-arts-collection-and-archive
The National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA), a £1-million digital archive chronicling the history of disability arts in the UK, launches to the public today.
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Gender equality in sports governance boards to be explored by Leicester researcher
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/gender-equality-in-sports-governance-boards-to-be-explored-by-leicester-researcher
A researcher from our University will be examining gender equality in corporate governance of sport organisations as part of a funded European Commission Erasmus + project with five European countries.
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Medical schools help tackle class ceiling on professional careers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/medical-schools-help-tackle-class-ceiling-on-professional-careers
Medical schools can help more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds break through a 'class ceiling' to the professions highlighted in a new report.
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Leicester graduate excels in International Hackathon promoting women in computer science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/university-of-leicester-graduate-excels-in-international-hackathon-promoting-women-in-computer-science
When it comes to paving out a career post-university, Software and Electronics Engineering graduate Oishi Deb is showing everyone how it’s done. Rather than kicking back and relaxing over the summer, Oishi jetted off to Barcelona to take part in WomENcourage 2017.
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University of Leicester and NHS experts lead health equity debate at the Labour Conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/labour
Experts from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester travelled to the Labour Party Conference to advise policymakers on how to tackle the UK’s health inequalities.
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Experts to answer why social sciences are key to space exploration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/humanising-space
A panel of experts will discuss the role of social sciences, arts and humanities in space exploration at University of Leicester next week.
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Government review identifies harmful impact of overprescription
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/overprescription
A healthcare improvement expert based at the University of Leicester has contributed to a new Government report which suggests many patients are being prescribed unnecessary and even harmful treatments.
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Internationally renowned novelist joins Leicester’s top academics to discuss why climate change has been banished from fiction books
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/dr-amitav-ghosh
Distinguished author and Booker prize nominee, Dr Amitav Ghosh, will join top scientists and a world-leading historian to explore how the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences have shaped, and can shape, our thinking about the climate emergency.
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University of Leicester to partner with two universities in Ukraine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/uuki-ukraine-twinning
University of Leicester is establishing a partnership with two universities in Ukraine, facilitating the sharing of resources and support to their staff and students.
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Academic year: 2016-2017
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/seminar-series/16-17
Browse the speakers from the Centre for English Local History's seminar events, held in 2016-2017.