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University of Leicester rises to five-year high in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/the-world-rankings-2023
The University of Leicester has been ranked among the top 200 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023, and reached its highest position since 2018.
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Gender-Based Violence Education for Youth: A Caribbean Arts-Based Facilitation Guide
https://le.ac.uk/anglophone-caribbean/outputs/facilitation-guide
The facilitation guide is a resource for secondary school teachers and youth programme facilitators to engage young people in gender-based violence prevention work using the performing arts.
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JWST Engagement and Outreach
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/projects/james-webb-space-telescope/webb-engagement-and-outreach
A host of educational and public engagement resources are available for the James Webb Space Telescope and MIRI instrument.
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Refugee Week: schoolchildren from Leicester to send messages of hope to refugee camp
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/19-refugee-week-primary-school-messages-of-hope
Children from a Leicester school are to send messages of hope to a refugee camp in Greece. They will also create a storybook which will contain blank cards for children in the refugee camp to fill and send back - starting a dialogue between the children.
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Leicester academic cited as social media superstar
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-academic-cited-as-social-media-superstar
Dr Vikas Shah (pictured) from our Medical School has been cited as a ‘superstar’ for his use of social media in enhancing teaching and learning. Jisc has announced their top ten higher education social media superstars of 2017.
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Prague Spring – 50 years on
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/24/prague-spring-50-years-on/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 24, 2018 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Prague Spring, a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union.
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Additional programmes
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/primary-programmes/additional-programmes
Learn about additional alternative activities available
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Lifelong learning adult education start-up given launch boost by the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/my-ancient-world
A lifelong learning adult education start-up company has been given a helping hand by the University of Leicester as it prepares to launch its first courses.
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Leicester experts support Singapore in diabetes fight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-experts-support-singapore-in-diabetes-fight
Expertise in preventing and treating Type 2 diabetes developed in Leicester will be used in Singapore’s 'war on diabetes'.
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Leicester Professors named in the top 10 diabetes experts globally
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-professors-named-in-the-top-10-diabetes-experts-globally
Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Melanie Davies (pictured) have been named in the top 10 diabetes experts globally on a list published at the American Diabetes Association meeting in Boston, USA this week.