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Launch event
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/events/past-events/launch-event
The Centre for New Writing was launched in May 2013. Find information on the launch event and the guest speakers who came to support us in our new venture.
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Workplace menopause study by Leicester academics finds women feel they need to cope alone
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/workplace-menopause-study-by-leicester-experts-finds-2018women-feel-they-need-to-cope-alone2019
A call for more menopause-friendly workplaces is made in a new Government report prepared by a team from our University.
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vholmes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/catherine_holmes/
Blog 3: Items of Interest chosen by Jenni Hunt. Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on April 9, 2021 Over the past few months I have been working on listing the University of Leicester’s Administrative Archive.
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History of tobacco and our health
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/tobacco-history
How did tobacco become one of the first truly global commodities, and arguably history’s most deadly habit?
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Student support campaign raises £1,000 for local homeless charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/21-bridge
The University of Leicester’s work alongside The Bridge Homelessness to Hope has had a huge impact on students this autumn, and helped raise more than £1,000 for local rough sleepers.
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Leicester doctor receives Royal College 500-Year celebratory award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-doctor-receives-royal-college-500-year-celebratory-award
Research to improve the outcomes for patients suffering from a devastating form of stroke called intracerebral haemorrhage has been recognised with a prestigious award from The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) granted to Dr Jatinder Minhas from...
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Putting satellite data in farmers’ hands to improve food security
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/farming-earth-observation
PhD project at University of Leicester aims to get more farmers in Kenya and the UK using Earth Observation (E.O) data, allowing them to plan better for extreme weather, boosting climate resilience and food security
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Survey reveals new archaeological findings at threatened ancient harbour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/survey-reveals-new-archaeological-findings-at-threatened-ancient-harbour
An expedition by a team from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at Dreamer’s Bay, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus between 10 to 22 September 2015 has unearthed a series of ancient artefacts.
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Arthur Edward Davis (1882-1916)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/11/02/arthur-edward-davis-1882-1916/
Arthur Edward Davis was educated at Mill Hill School, London. He became a cricketer of distinction and played for Leicestershire. In the great War he joined as a Private the 11th Royal Fusiliers and served in France, where he was killed in 1916.
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From the past to the future of work
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/news/news/from-the-past-to-the-future-of-work
By Stephen Wood, Professor of Management, University of Leicester School of Business. My two edited books, The Transformation of Work? and The Degradation of work?, have been selected for Routledge’s ‘Routledge Revivals’ Series.