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Talking about Technology collection
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/talking-about-technology
The Talking about Technology collection is made up of 39 interviews with interviewees discussing the changes in agricultural technology and industrial process in Melton Mowbray. Find out more about the collection.
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University celebrates research with Doctoral College Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/27-doctoral-college-week
The University of Leicester’s postgraduate research students, early career researchers and research staff were celebrated in a range of events for Doctoral College Week, which took place from 18 to 22 March 2019.
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Sir David and Michael Attenborough officially open Centenary Square
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/14-sir-david-attenborough-officially-opens-centenary-square
On Sunday 11 November 2018, hundreds of students, staff, alumni and members of the community joined Sir David Attenborough and his nephew Michael Attenborough on campus to pay their respects to those from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who made sacrifices during the...
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Westfield Hinckley collection
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/westfield-hinckley
The Westfield Hinckley collection is made up of 20 interviews with residents of the Hinckley area, with memories being recalled from the beginning of the 20th century up until and including the First World War. Get more information about the collection.
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Affective Digital Histories: An AHRC-funded research project
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/projects/digital-histories
Learn more about the Centre for New Writing's eight commissioned pieces exploring the afterlife of industrial buildings in Leicester and Glossop, as well as relationships between people who might have used them.
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Walnut Street collection
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/walnut-street
The Walnut Street collection is comprised of 26 interviews featuring the recollections of residents of the Walnut Street and Bede Park area of Leicester, ranging from the First World War to the 1990s. Find out more about the project.
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Academic provides national security briefing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/academic-provides-national-security-briefing
Dr Andrew Futter from the School of History, Politics and International Relations was recently invited to London to brief the UK National Security Secretariat at the Cabinet Office.
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Is sport fair Cheating in sport explored in public seminar
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/is-sport-fair-cheating-in-sport-explored-in-public-seminar
The University will host an international seminar which explores fairness in sport on Thursday 20 April.
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Sociology student awarded UN internship in Indonesia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/sociology-student-awarded-un-internship-in-indonesia
Student Cindy Colondam, who is due to start her second year studying Sociology, has been working as an intern for the United Nations (UN) as part of their UN Global Pulse initiative in Jakarta, Indonesia over the summer.
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Genomic sequencing confirms breast cancer link between Leicester sisters
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/27-sisters-genome
Two Leicester sisters who had their entire genomes sequenced in the hope of finding answers to their family history of breast cancer have learnt they both carry a genetic variant that significantly increases their risk of developing the disease.