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Community leader honoured by University of Leicester for outstanding public service
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/community-leader-honoured-university-leicester-outstanding-public-service
Distinguished community leader Suleman Nagdi MBE DL has received an honorary award from the University of Leicester.
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University will be singing the Blues at victory parade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-shows-support-for-leicester-on-victory-parade
When the final whistle blows at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, it will mark the end of a momentous journey for Leicester City Football Club - the team that ended last season on the cusp of relegation and will finish this season's final match as Premier League champions.
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University of Leicester building officially reopened as Kathleen Kenyon Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/kathleen-kenyon-building-naming-ceremony
The University of Leicester's home for the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and the School of Museum Studies has been named after Dame Kathleen Kenyon.
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University of Leicester recognised in UK's Best Breakthroughs list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-university-of-leicester-recognised-in-uks-best-breakthroughs-list
UK's Best Breakthrough List Sir Alec Jeffreys|Discovery of DNA Fingerprinting celebrated for transformational impact on everyday lives The discovery of DNA fingerprinting from the University of Leicester has today been named as one of the UK’s 100 best breakthroughs for...
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Fluorescent Deep Space Petri-Pod
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/projects/fdspp
The ‘Fluorescent Deep Space Petri-Pod’ (FDSPP) is a miniaturised hardware solution for performing remotely operated biological experimentation on multiple types of organisms, via fluorescent and white light imaging capabilities in deep space
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Strasbourg Mayoral visit marks quarter century Anglo-French law partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/mayor-strasbourg-law-partnership-leicester-visit
The University of Leicester was honoured to welcome the Mayor of Strasbourg, Jeanne Barseghian and distinguished delegates from the City of Strasbourg and University of Strasbourg on Friday (29 August) to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the twinning of the two cities and...
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Events
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/structural-chemical-biology/events
Learn more about the events held as part of the Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology at the University of Leicester.
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Regional and local history
https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/explore/english-local-history
Since local boot and shoe manufacturer Thomas Hatton donated his collection of books on antiquarianism at our foundation, the University of Leicester Library has been collecting material on regional and local history.
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The rocking horse: a classic object of childhood?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/rocking-horse
Read the article "The rocking horse: a classic object of childhood?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Aubrey Newman lecture series
https://le.ac.uk/stanley-burton/events/aubrey-newman
Learn more about the annual Aubrey Newman lecture series, initiated in 2006 to honour Professor Aubrey Newman, founder of the Stanley Burton Centre in 1992.