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Obamas nuclear policy wishlist appears neither politically viable nor diplomatically wise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018obama2019s-nuclear-policy-wish-list-appears-neither-politically-viable-nor-diplomatically-wise2019
Without broad approval at home or abroad Obama’s nuclear policy wish-list appears neither politically viable nor diplomatically wise in the longer term, according to Dr Andrew Futter and PhD student James Johnson from the Department of Politics and International Relations.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 714 April
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-7-14-april
Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an article for The Conversation exploring how it could be a good idea to discuss topics such as sex, rape and pornography in classrooms in order to properly educate young people about...
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Careers initiative wins graduate employability award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/20-careers-initiative-wins-graduate-employability-award
AGCAS Award winners The University of Leicester winning team with their AGCAS Award|Our initiative to embed the Leicester Award in first and second year modules has led to an award from the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS).
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University of Leicester writer, Dr Jonathan Taylor wins Arnold Bennett Book Prize for Scablands and Other Stories
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/jonathan-taylor-scablands-arnold-bennett
A collection of short stories written by the University of Leicester’s Dr Jonathan Taylor has won the Arnold Bennet Book Prize.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/research
The Medieval Research Centre at the University of Leicester is home to innovative, wide-ranging and interdisciplinary research. The centre covers many disciplines such as Old and Middle English, the Crusades, and the genetic heritage of the Viking past.
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Athena SWAN
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/about/edi/athena-swan
The Athena SWAN Charter recognises commitment to advancing women's careers in higher education and research in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM).
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Chemistry@Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/about/science-kitchen/chemistry-at-leicester
Here we describe how simple demonstrations can be used to explain how the cutting-edge facilities and scientific instruments available within Leicester's School of Chemistry contribute to our world-leading research.
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Leicester Professor goes platinum for clinical research excellence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-professor-goes-platinum-for-clinical-research-excellence
A Leicester Professor has been recognised with a Platinum Clinical Excellence Award by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Academic to provide expert analysis for BBC on General Election results
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/academic-to-provide-expert-analysis-for-bbc-on-general-election-results
A Leicester academic will be providing expert analysis and commentary during BBC Radio Leicester’s all-night broadcast for the 2017 General Election results on Thursday (8 June).
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Expert opinions cover advertising partnerships equality future technologies USChina relations and faith in Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/expert-opinions-cover
Professor Neil Chakraborti from the Department of Criminology has been quoted in a Stop Funding Hate article about the Co-op Group’s announcement that it plans to continue its advertising partnerships with the Daily Mail, Daily Express and Sun.