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Joe Orton: Behind the playwright
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/09/joe-orton-behind-the-playwright/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 9, 2017 The 9 th August 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester born playwright Joe Orton The past few years have seen heightened interest in Joe Orton’s literary career and personal...
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University of Leicester rises to five-year high in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/the-world-rankings-2023
The University of Leicester has been ranked among the top 200 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023, and reached its highest position since 2018.
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University of Leicester film wins landmark award from the British Society of Criminology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/harms-of-hate
A short film created by the Centre for Hate Studies (University of Leicester) has received the Sophie and Sylvia Lancaster Prize 2024 from the British Society of Criminology.
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Where is the help for victims of hate?
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/hate-crime
Improving policy and practice by leading research into what lies behind the official hate crime figures.
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University of Leicester Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls ready to compete on the world stage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/olympics-paralympics
Student Lauren Henry and alumnus Nick Cummins are competing as part of TeamGB in the Olympics and Paralympics 2024
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Attenboroughs pledge support for Leicesters centenary celebration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/attenboroughs-pledge-support-for-leicester2019s-centenary-celebration
Sir David Attenborough OM and his nephew, Michael Attenborough CBE, were the guests of honour at the University's Alumni Association’s Black Tie Dinner event in London last night, where they were announced as the patrons of our upcoming centenary celebrations.
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Finance expert honoured by University of Leicester half a century after graduation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/david-moore
A former University of Leicester student has attended his second graduation almost half a century after his first.
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Medieval prayer guide written by woman to be published for the first time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/medieval-women
Read more about Dr Ben Parson's new book, Two Middle English Prayer Cycles: Holkham Prayers and Meditations and Simon Appulby’s Fruyte of Redempcyon
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Global cost of dementia set to reach US $1 trillion by 2018…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/28/global-cost-of-dementia-set-to-reach-us-1-trillion-by-2018/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2015 …according to the latest annual World Alzheimer report 2015 . It also includes literature reviews on the societal impact of dementia and evidence that its rate is increasing.
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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.