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• History of Prisons in Guyana

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/research-stories/history-of-prisons-in-guyana

  History of prisons in Guyana including details of a virtual reality tour.

• First global patient for kidney study recruited in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/first-global-patient-for-kidney-study-recruited-in-leicester

  A patient from Birmingham is the first person to be recruited into a new worldwide study to test new treatments for a potentially life-threatening kidney condition called IgA nephropathy.

• Sir David Attenborough

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/attenboroughs/david

  Our special connection with Sir David Attenborough began when he lived on campus as a boy. He has since visited campus several times and been awarded a Distinguished Honorary Fellowship.

• Evelyn Waugh Conference 2015 – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/05/26/evelyn-waugh-conference-2015/

  Write up of Evelyn Waugh and His Circle: Reading and Editing the Complete Works conference

• A Leap Forward in the Race to Find Extreme Events Quickly

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/12/06/a-leap-forward-in-the-race-to-find-extreme-events-quickly/

  Extreme events in space will be identified faster than ever before thanks to a new tool developed by experts at the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy, write Dr. Phil Evans.

• Merry Christmas – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/12/16/merry-christmas/

  Evelyn Waugh at Christmas

• Study sheds light on the genetics of stopping smoking

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/study-genetics-stopping-smoking

  The effectiveness of a common drug to quit smoking could be down to people’s genes, according to a study from the University of Leicester.

• Hotly anticipated Varsity competition returns

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/hotly-anticipated-varsity-competition-returns

  The annual Varsity contest, in which University of Leicester students pit themselves against rivals De Montfort University in a range of different sports, officially begins today (11 March).

• Royal honour for Masters student

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/royal-honour-for-masters-student

  James Hempsall, who this term began an MA in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy in our Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning, has been awarded an OBE in recognition of his services to childcare in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, and was recently presented with his...

• Academic cited among Britains most influential people

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/academic-cited-among-britains-most-influential-people

  Professor Helen Atkinson CBE (pictured), Head of the Department of Engineering, has been cited among the Debrett’s 500 most influential people in Britain.