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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.

• Margaret Mathieson

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/margaret-mathieson

  We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Emeritus Professor Margaret Mathieson. As graduate, member of staff and benefactor, Margaret dedicated much of her life to shaping the University of Leicester.

• 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.

• Links between historic places, colonialism and slavery revealed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/links-between-historic-places-colonialism-and-slavery-revealed

  Connections between 93 historic places and colonialism and historic slavery have been revealed by the National Trust today, for the first time.

• 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

• Glynis returns to serve the University of Leicester 40 years after graduation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/glynis-wright

  A successful business leader has returned to the University of Leicester after 40 years to help steer the institution’s future direction.

• Ukraine universities strike up research partnerships with University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/twinning-research

  The University of Leicester has bolstered its links with two Ukrainian universities after securing funding to collaborate on research projects involving supply chains, aerospace, bioengineering, and artificial intelligence.

• Cutting for Stone: Perception and Comfort in Patient-Centred Care

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2016/03/14/cutting-for-stone/

  A review of Abraham Verghese's 2009 novel 'Cutting for Stone' which examines the novel's presentation of the importance of observation skills and compassionate care.

• Phenomenal space explosion astonishes Leicester researchers and shines a light on our own galaxy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/gamma-ray-burst-swift

  University of Leicester researchers have played crucial roles in discovering and analysing a gamma-ray burst at least 10 times brighter than anything NASA’s Swift mission has seen before.

• University of Leicester astronomers discover Great Cold Spot on Jupiter

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/university-of-leicester-astronomers-discover-great-2018cold2019-spot-on-jupiter

  A second Great Spot has been discovered on Jupiter by University of Leicester astronomers, rivalling the scale of the planet’s famous Great Red Spot and created by the powerful energies exerted by the great planet’s polar aurorae.