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UK’s Chief Medical Officer's University of Leicester lecture addresses the state’s role in public health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/chief-medical-officer-lecture-public-health
Professor Chris Whitty gave the annual Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture on Friday 7 November
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The Muslim Terror Within: Tajikistan’s Islamophobic Legislation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2024/10/22/the-muslim-terror-within-tajikistans-islamophobic-legislation/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on October 22, 2024 Michael Dhanoya PhD Candidate in Criminology Tajikistan has become the latest country to place prohibitions on Muslims.
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Midlands Innovation partnership’s £5 million commitment to HE technicians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/technicians-talent
A new project which could become the blueprint for the career advancement of 30,000 higher education technicians is now officially underway.
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Energy Research Accelerator appoints new CEO
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/energy-research-accelerator-appoints-new-ceo
The Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) has today announced the appointment of Gordon Waddington as its Chief Executive Officer.
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Spaceport voyage inspires University of Leicester’s ‘galactic scholars’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/virgin-galactic-scholarships
University of Leicester physics students travel to Spaceport America, the home of Virgin Galactic in New Mexico supported by a Galactic Unite Scholarship, where they met Virgin Galactic staff and gained insights into the world of commercial spaceflight.
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Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast Series
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/16/womens-grassroots-activism-podcast-series/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2025 An academic series funded by the United Kingdom Research Innovation and the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of the grant awarded for Agency and Advocacy: Locating...
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BBC’s Digging for Britain to showcase Leicester Cathedral discoveries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/digging-for-britain
A University of Leicester-led archaeological dig at Leicester Cathedral is to be featured on BBC Two’s Digging for Britain.
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Leicester’s showstopping chemist on his Bake-Off experiment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/josh-smalley-bake-off
Dr Joshua Smalley speaks to the Press Office about rising to the occasion in the famous white tent
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How is Ownership at Astra Zeneca Open for Pfizer’s Business?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/05/16/how-is-ownership-at-astra-zeneca-open-for-pfizers-business/
Posted by Ian Clark in School of Business Blog on May 16, 2014 Ian Clark, Professor of Employment Relations at the School, discusses a controversial contemporary acquisition bid through the concepts of financialisation, ownership and employee relations.
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Libraries protect women’s cultural rights
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/libraries-protect-womens-cultural-rights/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 Report from IFLA’s FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression).