Search
- 
                    Botanic Garden in East Midlands in Bloom competitionhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/botanic-garden-in-east-midlands-in-bloom-competition For the past 8 years Oadby & Wigston has achieved a Gold Award for the Borough’s entry into East Midlands in Bloom. The University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden takes pride of place in this effort. 
- 
                    More than 1,600 extra trauma victims alive today says major new studyhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/more-than-1-600-extra-trauma-victims-alive-today-says-major-new-study More than 1,600 extra trauma victims alive today says major new study More than 1,600 extra trauma victims alive today says major new study 1475|A researcher from our Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Leicester's Hospitals is co-author of a report showing that... 
- 
                    Go-ahead given for business school in new city location and state-of-the-art student facilitieshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/go-ahead-given-for-business-school-in-new-city-location-and-state-of-the-art-student-facilities Two developments critical to the future of our University have received the go-ahead. The projects are part of the University’s £500 million estates investment programme and construction is due to start in the coming months. 
- 
                    Scholarship opportunities in Museum Studieshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/scholarship-opportunities-in-museum-studies The School of Museum Studies is once again offering a suite of Scholarships to those who are interested in pursuing a career in the museum and heritage sector. 
- 
                    Dennis Smithhttps://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/dennis-smith We have learned with sadness of the recent death of Professor Dennis Smith, who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1970s. Professor Smith passed away in February 2024. 
- 
                    Professor Sir Bob Burgess (1947-2022)https://le.ac.uk/about/campus-development/freemens/freemens-building-names/professor-bob-burgess Read more about Professor Sir Robert ‘Bob’ Burgess who was the longest serving Vice-Chancellor of the Leicester University so far. 
- 
                    Leicester spearheads event to encourage more medical students from non-traditional backgroundshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-spearheads-event-to-encourage-more-medical-students-from-non-traditional-backgrounds The Universities of Leicester and Nottingham are spearheading efforts to boost recruitment into the study of medicine by focusing on locations where young people have traditionally not applied for the subject. 
- 
                    Archaeologists discover evidence of Roman and medieval Leicesterhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/archaeologists-discover-evidence-roman-and-medieval-leicester Archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have unearthed new evidence of Roman and medieval Leicester after recently completing the excavation of two areas at the former Southgates Bus Depot, on the corner of Southgates and Peacock Lane in the... 
- 
                    University celebrates 50th anniversary of UKs first mass communication research centrehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-uks-first-mass-communication-research-centre 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the University's Centre for Mass Communication Research – the first Centre of its kind studying mass communication and birthplace of the UK’s first media and communications Master’s degree. 
- 
                    Fantastic Beasts and Where I Found Themhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-fantastic-beasts-and-where-i-found-them Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them An elephant swimming in the water|Join us for the first in a revamped series of Professorial Inaugural Lectures as Professor Richard Thomas discusses his research into human-animal relationships.