Search

19295 results for: ‘%s’

• Leicester receives major award for leading role in new space science mission SMILE

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-receives-major-award-for-leading-role-in-new-space-science-mission-smile

  UK academic institutions including our University will lead an international solar-terrestrial and space weather mission, taking on the development of a major science instrument thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency.

• Local democracy in peril, warns Leicester academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/local-democracy

  The threat to local democracy in the UK is the subject of a video interview with a University of Leicester academic on a top UK politics website. Tor Clark, a former newspaper editor and political journalist and now Associate Professor in Journalism, was interviewed by Politics.

• University of Leicester retains award for commitment to advancing gender equity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/athena-swan

  The University of Leicester has been recognised for commitment to advancing gender equity across higher education and research with the successful renewal of an institutional Athena Swan Silver award.

• Major investment to establish an innovative research-community driven infrastructure for molecular biology

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/digital-research

  Five years on from the COVID-19 pandemic, there remains a vital need for further research into preventing disease with the development of new drugs and technologies, so that people live longer and healthier lives

• The project team

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/consuming-authenticities/the-project-team

  The project draws on academic expertise from several disciplines, including history, post-colonial literature, linguistics and anthropology, and a key partner, the People’s Collection Wales.

• Students in national top 5 for global mental health volunteering

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/students-in-national-top-5-for-mental-health-volunteering

  As of 2018, our University is the 4th highest academic institution in the UK for student sign-ups to international volunteering placements with mental health-focused organisation SLV.Global. SLV.

• Venice fellowships at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/postgraduate/venice-fellowships

  Learn more about Venice Fellowships at Leicester, via the British Council.

• Male DNA cracks crime and illuminates history

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/dna-and-crime

  Professor Mark Jobling discusses how research into the Y-chromosome helps in solving crime.

• Daring Deeds of Valour

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2016/02/09/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).

• Africa Research Group launched

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/11-africa-research-group

  The Africa Research Group is a new group which will bring together projects and research taking place across the University on Africa, Africans in Diaspora and African Heritage communities.