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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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AI experts join drive for safety on UK rail crossings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/ai-level-crossing
The Leicester team includes Professors Ivan Tyukin and Alexander Gorban, Dr Bogdan Grechuk, Tatiana Tyukina and George Leete, all of the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences.
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Global first test success for a University of Leicester–NASA space power system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/test-success-university-leicester-nasa-space-power-system
Scientists at the University of Leicester and NASA’s Glenn Research Center have combined cutting edge radioisotope power system technology with high efficiency power convertor technology
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Google geospatial specialist to lead University of Leicester workshop
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/google-geospatial-specialist-to-lead-university-of-leicester-workshop
A leading specialist from Google is set to address East Midlands’ businesses with hands-on demonstrations of how to make the best use of geographic and spatial data at the City Rooms, Leicester on 12 March 2015 from 9.30am to 4.
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Playwright Kevin Laffan
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/09/03/playwright-kevin-laffan/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on September 3, 2014 Kevin Laffan in about 2001. Kevin Laffan Archive, University of Leicester. ‘God alone knows why I keep trying to get a play on.
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Simon Dixon: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/simon_dixon/page/2/
I am Archives and Special Collections Manager within the University Library. My role is to manage and develop the Library's and other University research collections and exploit digital technologies to reach new audiences for these collections.
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Bibliotherapy: Engaging with Asylum Seekers and Refugees
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/10/28/bibliotherapy-engaging-with-asylum-seekers-and-refugees/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in School of English Blog on October 28, 2013 I was recently invited by my friend and former colleague Christine Chettle, a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds, to lead a guest workshop for STAR (Student Action for Refugees) in...
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2million grant gives Leicester research team a helping hand
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/ps2million-grant-gives-leicester-research-team-a-helping-hand
Joe Dias (pictured), Professor of Hand and Orthopaedic Surgery in our Department of Health Sciences, and his colleagues at Leicester’s Hospitals have been awarded a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) grant of just under...
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Leaders in Healthcare 2018: Junior Doctor Leadership – Beginning Your Journey
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/11/16/leaders-in-healthcare-2018-junior-doctor-leadership-beginning-your-journey/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on November 16, 2018 This was the session I was most looking forward to. It’s the reason why we blog and the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management Trainee Steering Group did not disappoint.
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Shot at dawn in the Great War: Re-evaluating justice in the case of Harry Farr. By Floris Tomasini
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/10/03/shot-at-dawn/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on October 3, 2016 Today’s post looks at a re-evaluation of justice in an emblematic case study; Harry Farr who was shot for cowardice during the Great War.