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  • History of tobacco and our health

    How did tobacco become one of the first truly global commodities, and arguably history’s most deadly habit?

  • Celebrating the Launch of JWST

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 December 2021 Space scientists at the University of Leicester are celebrating the launch of the most advanced space observatory ever built. After 25 years and a $10bn (£7.

  • Emoji is the fastest growing language

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 Emoji’s are ‘pictographs. Originally used in Japanese electronic messages, many characters have now been incorporated into Unicode  and the launch of Emoj.li.

  • Physics & Astronomy: Page 20

    Nobel Prize: How Penrose, Genzel and Ghez helped put black holes at the centre of modern astrophysics Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 October 2020 The award of this year’s Nobel prize in physics to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and...

  • 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...

  • University shows its true colours at Pride

    University of Leicester at Pride 2018 y92Wi56w2jc|This year, the rainbow flag was flown above our Fielding Johnson Building, displayed proudly on our social media accounts and the homepage of our website, and on the TV information screens installed in buildings and...

  • Alex George

    Dr Alex George, Youth Mental Health Ambassador and former competitor on the TV series Love Island, delivered a special presentation on mental health support to students as part of the series of 'Citizens in Residence' events organised to mark our centenary year.

  • University launches scheme to encourage graduates to stay in Leicester

    The University of Leicester has worked with Leicester City Council and De Montfort University to set up an internship scheme that will support small businesses to offer workplace opportunities to students. The scheme will see more than £1.

  • Physics and Astronomy June 2021 Digest

    With exams now behind us, and hopefully a pleasant summer ahead, the Physics Community Team want to share some of the recent highlights from the news blog in May and June 2021.

  • How to pay if you have a sponsor

    Information on how to pay your fees if you have a sponsor, which is a company or organisation which has agreed to pay all or part of your tuition fee.

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