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  • Free public event explores the 1911 ‘All India’ cricket tour of England

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/30-cricket-event

    A fascinating chapter in cricket history will be explored at a free public event on Tuesday 1 October when Dr Prashant Kidambi, Associate Professor of colonial urban history, discusses the first ever Indian tour of England in 1911.

  • How to Train Your Dragonto Fly

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/how-to-train-your-dragon-to-fly

    The breeds of dragon from the popular DreamWorks film series How to Train Your Dragon, based on the books by author Cressida Cowell, are of varying size and shape, ranging from the small but aggressive Terrible Terror which is just over a foot...

  • Ophthalmology researcher wins prestigious prize

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/08-ophthalmology-award

    Zhanhan Tu Zhanhan Tu|Best Talk prize for Dr Zhanhan Tu at the European Paediatric Opthalmological Society conference.

  • Chicxulub crater study suggests asteroid impacts could create habitats for life

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/chicxulub-crater-study-suggests-asteroid-impacts-could-create-habitats

    Scientists studying a 65-million-year old crater in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by an asteroid impact, claim it could have provided a habitat for early life to take hold on earth.

  • "We must level the playing field for BAME students" says new Vice-Chancellor

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/04-bame-students

    nishan smiling to the camera|The University of Leicester’s new vice-chancellor has pledged to eliminate the ‘awarding gap’ which sees many students missing out on top degrees.

  • First Professors of Nursing and Midwifery herald unique new courses

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/first-professors-of-nursing-and-midwifery-herald-unique-new-courses

    Leicester has taken the first steps in establishing a new centre for nursing and midwifery expertise with the appointment of two Foundation Professors and approval granted for a suite of innovative new degree courses.

  • Leicester Professor wins East Midlands Womens Award

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-professor-wins-east-midland2019s-women2019s-award

    Professor Turi King (pictured) has been awarded the East Midlands Women’s Awards for Outstanding Woman in Stem at a prestigious ceremony on 20 October 2017.

  • White Dwarfs

    https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/astrophysics/white-dwarfs

    White dwarfs are the end products of the life cycles of more than 90% of all stars. This makes them important laboratories for studying stellar evolution and the behaviour of matter at extremes of temperature and density.

  • Prolific Shakespearean actor Michael Pennington to take part in Literary Leicester

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/prolific-shakespearean-actor-and-recent-king-lear-michael-pennington-to-take-part-in-literary-leicester

    Eminent stage actor, writer and director Michael Pennington will be delivering a talk and Q&A at our Literary Leicester festival on 16 November. Renowned for his performance as King Lear in New York 2014, Michael reprised the role for a major UK tour in 2016.

  • Hilary Burgess

    https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/hilary-burgess

    Professor Hilary Burgess came to Leicester in 2010 from a position at the Open University, joining her husband Robert Burgess, who had been Vice-Chancellor since 1999.

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