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Building foundations for students
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/ult/2016/12/14/building-foundations-for-students/
Menu Close University Leadership Team Home Building foundations for students Building foundations for students Posted by on December 14, 2016 It is a known fact that 80% of doctors come from 20% of schools, meaning there is a lot of untapped potential.
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University of Leicester bestows honour on English student-turned-inspiring-author
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/jeffrey-boakye
A University of Leicester graduate who has enjoyed a successful career as an author, broadcaster and educator has been awarded an honorary degree by his alma mater.
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Henrietta O’Connor appointed Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/henrietta
Professor Henrietta O’Connor has been appointed Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for the University of Leicester.
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Student profile: Niamh
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/student-profiles/niamh-esrc-midlands-grad
Niamh is studying on the Human Geography Pathway with the ESRC Midlands Graduate School. Read more about her experiences of studying a PhD at Leicester.
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Attenborough Arts Centre shortlisted for Learning Programme of the Year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/attenborough-arts-centre-heritage-museum-shortlist
Attenborough Arts Centre’s SENsory Atelier programme has been nominated for bringing arts and culture to the classrooms of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
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National Rehabilitation Centre opens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/national-rehabilitation-centre-leicester-defence
The country’s first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), which aims to transform national and international research and innovation for specialist rehabilitation, is preparing to open its doors to its first patients
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Leicester technician wins prestigious Papin Prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-lory-francescut-papin-prize-hets
A technician from the University of Leicester has won a prestigious Papin Prize at the Higher Education Technicians Summit (HETS) conference in Birmingham today.
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International Day of Older Persons celebrated October 1st
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/international-day-of-older-persons-celebrated-october-1st/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 See the official website which also links to related UN resolutions and reports. On this occasion, HelpAge produced the Global Agewatch index.
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Happiness research
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/01/happiness-research/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 1, 2011 This week the Office for National Statistics released the results of a public consultation on indicators which the British public feel should be used to measure happiness National...
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Reflections on the ALT conference 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/10/21/reflections-on-the-alt-conference-2016/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 21, 2016 In September Alex Moseley, Matt Mobbs, Stephen Walker and myself attended the ALT (Association for Learning Technology) Conference at the University of Warwick.