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• University pledges to offer a hundred Sanctuary Awards to displaced people worldwide

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/distance-learning

  Read more about University of Leicester offering one hundred distance learning scholarships to displaced people across the world.

• Female genital mutilation seeking alternative rites of passage

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/female-genital-mutilation-seeking-2018alternative-rites-of-passage2019

  The potential of a method of replacing female genital mutilation as an initiation into womanhood with culturally sensitive alternatives is to be explored.

• MNS disorders in Guyana's jails

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/mns-disorders-in-guyanas-jails

  This UK-Guyana project has been funded by the ESRC’s Global Challenges Research Fund, and is directed by Principal Investigator Professor Clare Anderson. The project is a partnership between the University of Leicester, University of Guyana and the Guyana Prison Service.

• Students need “clarity and consistency”, says Leicester Vice-Chancellor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/clarity-a-level-results-nishan-canagarajah

  The University of Leicester has today responded to the Government’s decision to base students’ A level and GCSE results on their teachers’ assessments.

• 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?

• Events

  https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/events

  Find more information on the events hosted by the Centre for New Writing. Events are usually open to the public and free of charge.

• Leicester experts feed £3.6 million sustainable agriculture training programme

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/sustainable-agriculture-training

  Researchers at the University of Leicester will lend their expertise to a new £3.6 million postgraduate training programme in sustainable agricultural innovation.

• e-Engagement Against Violence

  https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/e-eav

  The e-EAV comparative project, funded by the EU’s Daphne initiative with the British case lead by Gabriella Lazaridis, examines the remaking of traditional forms of discrimination through the new means of digital/social media.

• George Harrison

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/george-harrison

  We have learned, with sadness, of the passing of George Anthony Harrison, who lectured in history from the 1960s to the 1990s and remained a familiar figure on campus for many years afterwards. George passed away on 22 January 2025, aged 87.

• Chemistry researcher joins next series of Great British Bake Off

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/joshua-smalley-bake-off

  Dr Joshua Smalley is to be a contestant on the next series of the Great British Bake Off.