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  • Pet Shop Boys visit the Orton collection

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/08-pet-shop-boys

    Photo: Phil Fisk|Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, aka Pet Shop Boys, recently visited the Orton Collection at the University of Leicester during a trip to the city to attend a rehearsal of Hanif Kureishi’s play My Beautiful Laundrette at Curve, for which they wrote new music.

  • 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...

  • Diverse range of events taking place at the University of Leicester to celebrate Black History Month 2018

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/28-black-history-month

    Mental health discussions, student-led initiatives and Leicester’s hidden Black history among events marking Black History Month in the UK

  • MA Museum Studies Placement in Special Collections, Weeks 7-8

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/09/05/ma-museum-studies-placement-in-special-collections-weeks-7-8/

    Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on September 5, 2018 Guest post from Yineng Zhu, Andrew Permain and Joe Searle, MA Museum Studies students working with the Archives & Special Collections team.

  • Top employers target Leicester's graduate high-fliers

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/25-top-employers-target-leicester-graduate-high-fliers

    Leicester ranked among top 25 UK universities targeted by leading employers. The UK’s 100 best-known graduate employers are targeting students from the University of Leicester according to a major new report on the graduate job market.

  • Why do we still love James Bond

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/why-do-we-still-love-james-bond

    On Monday 26 October, another new James Bond movie will hit our cinema screens and the publicity machinery seems to be in overdrive. Spectre is the twenty-fourth in the continuous film series based on Ian Fleming’s British superspy and is produced by Eon Productions for MGM/Sony.

  • University celebrates LGBT History Month

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/university-celebrates-lgbt-history-month

    LGBT+ History Month is being marked at our University with a myriad of events from 12 to 28 February. The University has been rated as one of the top 100 employers in Stonewall’s Workplace index.

  • Ghoulish practice of gibbeting corpses haunted public of the eighteenth century

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting-corpses-haunted-public-of-the-eighteenth-century

    Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by. But some of the disturbing practices from history might be more harrowing than a modern audience is used to encountering.

  • How much comfort can you get from a chocolate bar

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/how-much-comfort-can-you-get-from-a-chocolate-bar

    Chocolate is often the go-to food when people are in need of a pick-me-up, providing consumers with a comforting experience that lifts the mood.

  • “We are here to listen, learn and serve” – Dr Vijay Sharma on building a truly civic university 

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/vijay-blog

    At the heart of the University of Leicester’s civic mission is Dr Vijay Sharma, our Pro-Chancellor for Community Engagement – a role that’s as visionary as it is vital.

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