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Islam: Religion or Politics?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2014/11/25/islam-religion-or-politics/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on November 25, 2014 Lately, I have been reading the work of Timothy Fitzgerald (University of Stirling, UK), a leading scholar of religion, particularly his thought-provoking book Discourse on Civility...
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Philip Larkins secret selfies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/philip-larkins-secret-selfies
For the first time, photographs taken by the poet Philip Larkin have been collected together from thousands held by the Larkin archive in Hull. Larkin had a long history with the University.
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University of Leicester politics expert to be embedded in UK Parliament
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/rick-whitaker
Dr Rick Whitaker, Associate Professor in European Politics, is one of three UK academics to be seconded to Parliament as a Thematic Research Lead.
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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.
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Using Earth Observation to map degradation of air quality in North India
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/28/using-earth-observation-to-map-degradation-of-air-quality-in-north-india/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 September 2020 A new study led by the University of Leicester reveals how seasonal air quality in Northern India is degraded by changes in the timing and amount of agricultural residue burning – by...
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Of Satellites and Sentiment: The Forgotten Vietnamese Prisoners of French Guiana
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/09/22/of-satellites-and-sentiment-the-forgotten-vietnamese-prisoners-of-french-guiana/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on September 22, 2017 By Dr. Lorraine M.
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Tempest rocket to map quality of the air we breathe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/tempest-rocket-to-map-quality-of-the-air-we-breathe
In what is thought to be a world’s first, a rocket equipped with air pollution monitoring equipment developed by University scientists from the Department of Physics and Astronomy led by Dr Roland Leigh (pictured) is due to be launched on Wednesday 4...
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Northern Lights' growing impact on humanity to be explored in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/northern-lights-impact-humanity-explored
Dr Darren Wright of Space Park Leicester and the School of Physics & Astronomy to host ‘The northern lights: societal impacts of geomagnetic storms’ on 1 July
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Attenborough Arts Centre joins worldwide Bloomberg Connects programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/attenborough-arts-centre-bloomberg-connects-programme
Attenborough Arts Centre today announces a new partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies to join the worldwide Bloomberg Connects programme.
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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.