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• Raising a Glass to the English Wine Industry: Why we will be cracking open the English Fizz this Chr

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/12/23/raising-a-glass-to-the-english-wine-industry-why-we-will-be-cracking-open-the-english-fizz-this-christmas/

  Posted by Sarah Robinson in School of Business Blog on December 23, 2014 Senior Lecturers in Organisation Studies, Sarah Robinson and Elke Weik , get us in the seasonal spirit: Cheers! We are both wine lovers and organisational researchers, curious about the factors...

• Midwifery academic wins regional award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/midwifery

  Dr Helen McIntyre has won a regional award for embedding best practice in infant feeding within midwifery education to improve maternal and infant health

• Sanctuary scholarships provide Ukraine students with extended stay in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/ukraine-students

  Four Ukrainian students who found sanctuary at the University of Leicester have extended their UK stay after receiving scholarships.

• Leicester Heroes event smashes record number of stem cell sign-ups in one drive

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-heroes-event-smashes-record-number-of-stem-cell-sign-ups-in-one-drive

  A record number of sign-ups to a stem cell register has been achieved at an event on the University of Leicester campus.

• Asteroid fragments narrow down timeframe for giant planets’ current orbits

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/giant-planet-instability

  University of Leicester-led study suggests that the orbital instability of the giant planets happened between 60-100 million years after the beginning of the Solar System, with evidence found in meteorites linked to asteroid believed to be remains of a destroyed planetesimal

• The Story of Pulque Part 2: A Tangle of Origins – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/03/18/the-story-of-pulque-part-2-a-tangle-of-origins/

  Overview of different pre-Columbian narratives about the origins or discovery of pulque, and the various political, historical, and cultural roles these narratives served particularly for the Mexica (Aztecs)

• Space Park Leicester expert called to UN Space Affairs meeting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/space-park-leicester-united-nations-presentation

  A leading expert from Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s pioneering space research, innovation and teaching cluster, has been invited to deliver “world-leading” research to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.

• A Promising Future: Convict Voyages to Western Australia by Kellie Moss

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/10/06/a-promising-future-convict-voyages-to-western-australia-by-kellie-moss/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 6, 2014 During a recent research trip to the State Library of Western Australia I had the opportunity to examine the journal compiled by William Smith, Surgeon Superintendent, on board the Merchantman’s second...

• Leicester geologist to present rock-licking trick for Hallowe’en treat at Royal Institution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/geologist-rock-licking-halloween-royal-institution

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz joins panel at the Royal Institution on 31 October with other winners of Ig Nobel Prizes to explain their winning work for a public audience

• Runic charms and boat burials to be discussed at Viking symposium

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/runic-charms-and-boat-burials-to-be-discussed-at-upcoming-symposium

  From burials in boats to the perceived magical properties of runic charms, members of the public are invited to come together at the University to learn about the latest research developments in the world of Vikings during the annual Midlands Viking Symposium on Saturday 25...