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University of Leicester launches five new Research Institutes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/research-institutes
University of Leicester launches five new Research Institutes to change the world and tackle today’s most pressing challenges.
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Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human
University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have joined the programme for the UK’s largest national festival of the humanities.
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Research explores how destroyed star rains onto black hole
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/destroyed-star-rains-onto-black-hole-winds-blow-it-back
New details about what happens when a black hole tears apart a star have been gathered by a trio of orbiting X-ray telescopes giving scientists, including Leicester astronomers, an excellent opportunity to understand the extreme environment around a black hole.
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Emily Tilley: Shedding new light on Roman artefacts
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/emily-tilley
Learn more about how Museum Studies at Leicester distance learning courses have improved. The new changes mean that the course is more in-sync with the campus-based course, but still maintains the flexibility of a distance learning course.
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Queens
https://le.ac.uk/food-drink/outlets/queens
Find out more about the Queens food outlet in the Students' Union on Leicester central campus.
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Leicester astronomers observe star reborn in a flash
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-astronomers-observe-star-reborn-in-a-flash
An international team of astronomers using Hubble and led by our University has been able to study stellar evolution in real time. Over a period of 30 years dramatic increases in the temperature of the star SAO 244567 have been observed.
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Engineering Building listed as one of the worlds best unsung buildings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/engineering-building-listed-as-one-of-the-worlds-best-unsung-buildings
Our University's internationally famous Grade II* listed Engineering Building has been included in The Guardian's 'Castles in the sky' list, highlighting some of the world's best unsung buildings.
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Attenborough Arts Centre Presents: ‘altered’ an exhibition by Tony Heaton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/tony-heaton
Tony Heaton: altered 24 March – 25 June 2023, Gallery 1 With the arrival of spring, Attenborough Arts Centre is proud to launch an exciting new exhibition. Come and experience altered, a major solo exhibition by British sculptor and disability rights activist, Tony Heaton OBE.
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Living in the community
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-community/in-the-community
Information and support for students living in the local community
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Medical student with stammer makes national appeal to raise awareness
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/phoebe-avbulim-bbc-lifeline-stammer
University of Leicester Medical student Phobe Avbulim has appeared on BBC’s Lifeline appeal programme, presented by actor Colin Firth, to talk about her stammer