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Scaling Out: Thinking About Sustainability, Food and Fashion
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/11/11/scaling-out-thinking-about-sustainability-food-and-fashion/
Posted by Jennifer Smith Maguire in School of Business Blog on November 11, 2015 Senior Lecturer in Cultural Production and Consumption at the School, Jennifer Smith Maguire , considers the outgrowths of a recent School based workshop Several years ago I bought a schizostylis...
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South Asian Heritage Month 2026
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2026/07/07/celebrate-south-asian-heritage-month-with-our-book-treasure-hunt/
Posted by William Farrell in Library and Learning Services on July 7, 2026 This July, the Library is celebrating South Asian Heritage Month with a Golden Ticket giveaway.
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The schoolboy sketches of John Leech
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/05/the-schoolboy-sketches-of-john-leech/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 5, 2017 The artist and illustrator John Leech, who became one of the foremost contributors to Punch and created the artwork for some of Dickens’ most popular works, notably A Christmas Carol , was born in 1817...
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Effigies, Real Bodies and Iconoclasm. By Sarah Tarlow
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/02/08/effigies-real-bodies-and-iconoclasm-by-sarah-tarlow/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on February 8, 2016 Last week I was in Chester to examine a PhD thesis there (congratulations to Dr Ruth Nugent – the third person to complete a PhD in the young and dynamic archaeology department there,...
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Sharp eyes to the skies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/10/30/sharp-eyes-to-the-skies-how-satellites-are-helping-tackle-climate-change/
How satellites are helping tackle climate change
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Leicester researchers develop novel heart pump to help people with heart failure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-novel-new-pump-to-help-people-with-heart-failure
SZ92jwoXe1k|Dr David Adlam, Associate Professor and Interventional Cardiologist in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Piyal Samara-Ratna, Mechanical Engineer in the Space Research Centre, have joined forces to combine medical and space research to develop a pump...
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Radiography lecturer awarded MBE for services to forensic investigation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/mbe
Radiography senior lecturer Dr Claire Robinson has been awarded an MBE for services to forensic investigation as part of the King’s Birthday Honours
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Efforts to establish laws for space boosted by Ukraine partnerships
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/space-law-conference
Conference tackling law and international co-operation in space hosted at University of Leicester, organised by expert in space law who fled Ukraine for Leicester.
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Students to unveil Silverstone race car design
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/student-to-unveil-silverstone-race-car-design
Student racing enthusiasts will be unveiling their designs for a racing car which will be competing at Silverstone later this year at an event on 11 February at 6pm prior to the University’s 18th Annual Industry Lecture.
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Award-winning US medical correspondent to appear at international empathy conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/global-empathy-conference
CBS News’ award-winning Chief Medical Correspondent Jonathan LaPook will be among the world-class speakers appearing at the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network Symposium in Leicester later this year.