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Leicester University Community First Responders
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/first-responders
Leicester University Community First Responders (LUCFR) are trained student volunteers who travel around the city – in partnership with the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) – to provide potentially life-saving medical treatment to 999 emergency patients.
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Trial success for less invasive life-saving cardiac procedure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/tavi
A nationwide study led by Leicester academics has shown that a less invasive procedure to treat a common heart problem is just as effective as open-heart surgery.
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New report reveals University supports 1 in 23 jobs in the city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/impact-report
Qu1_XUhbPFU|The University of Leicester contributes £360m annually to Leicester and Leicestershire, and supports every 1 in 23 jobs in the city, a new report reveals.
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Honorary Degree for local business leader
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/17-bob-woods-honorary
Bob Woods, co-founder of Leicester-based wealth management company Mattioli Woods, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Leicester.
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Award-winning Irchester Field School brings Roman history to life for local community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/heritage-hub-irchester-field-school-mj-award
A University of Leicester partnership with North Northamptonshire Council has won an MJ Award.
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Peace, Security and Governance
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/humanity-space/peace-security-and-governance
Peace, Security and Governance strand of the Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space (LCHS)
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Being Blue: An examination of the lived experience of minority ethnic police officers
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/research/the-being-blue-project
The Being Blue project is the first in-depth study to include police officers from white minority ethnic backgrounds, and the first to include the lived experience of ethnic minority officers in leadership ranks.
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awynne
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/amw48/
Inequality causes Corruption…or is it the other way around? Posted by awynne in School of Business Blog on September 25, 2015 Senior Lecturer in Public Financial Management at the School, Andy Wynne, briefly surveys one of today’s most pressing debates Last December, in...
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Beginnings: first Queering Islam blog post
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2014/11/11/beginnings-first-queering-islam-blog-post/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on November 11, 2014 I’m rather excited to be writing my first post for my new blog entitled Queering Islam , and which is part of my Leverhulme-funded project Queer Diasporas: Islam, Homosexuality...
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Works of Christine de Pizan
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/14/works-of-christine-de-pizan/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2025 “As one of the first and most prolific women of letters [ Christine de Pizan ] is often viewed as one of the pivotal writers of late medieval Europe.