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  • Punk project supported by University of Leicester expert nominated for major National Lottery Award

    A University of Leicester-supported, acclaimed exhibition celebrating the UK’s punk scene has been nominated for a National Lottery Award 2023.

  • Historian reveals Benedict Cumberbatch and Richard III are cousins

    Leading historian and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Kevin Schürer, whose genealogy research helped to confirm the identity of King Richard III, has now discovered a link between Oscar-nominated actor Benedict Cumberbatch and the King.

  • Daring Deeds of Valour

    Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on February 9, 2016 Daring Deeds of Valour By Dr Rachel Bates, University of Leicester The 29 January 2016 marks the 160 th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, a key legacy of the Crimean War (1854-56).

  • Juvenile Immigrants: An Experiment in Convict Labour?

    Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on October 7, 2015 By Kellie Moss.

  • The Great Escape

    Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on April 19, 2016 Peter A. Kropotkin, 1842-1921   Peter Kropotkin is remembered today as a brilliant Russian social revolutionary, geographer, scientist, and anarchist writer.

  • Senate regulation 8: Regulations governing examinations

    Downloadable version of Senate Regulation 8 (PDF, 134KB) 8.1 These regulations apply to all campus based examinations. 8.

  • Disgusting Dinner Conversation. By Emma Battell Lowman

    Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on October 1, 2015 In the two months since joining the Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse project at the University of Leicester, I like to think I’ve become a highly desirable dinner guest.

  • Research Centre for Museums and Galleries receives special recognition at Museums + Heritage Awards 2024

    University of Leicester’s groundbreaking Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) was recognised at the Museums + Heritage Awards 2024.

  • Written in the stars TV and radio science presenter Professor Jim AlKhalili to discuss the role of determinism in our universe

    Do you consider your actions the result of free will, or of a preordained path we are destined to follow? At the Institute of Physics 2018 Prestige Lecture, hosted at our University, physicist and presenter Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE will lead a whistle-stop tour of modern...

  • Obituary: Vikki Orvice

    Vikki Orvice| The University is saddened to hear that alumna Vikki Orvice has passed away at the age of 56. Vikki studied a BA English and graduated in 1984.

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