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Discovering Peterloo in Special Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/11/23/discovering-peterloo-in-special-collections/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on November 23, 2018 Guest post from Dr William Farrell, Research Services Consultant.
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International Energy Agency (IEA) databases
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/24/international-energy-agency-iea-databases/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2019 The UK Data Service provides access to the International Energy Agency (IEA) databases to UK Further and Higher Education institutions.
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Leicester-led study to explore mental health and drug use in colonial and post-colonial prisons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-study-mental-health-drug-prisons
The University of Leicester has been awarded £3.3m to research drugs and mental health in prison settings globally.
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Government issues record grant to University of Leicester to help students study abroad
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/turing-grant-scheme
University of Leicester has been awarded over £1 million from the UK Government’s Turing Scheme
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Study aims to tackle overprescribing across England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/medication-review
A £2.4 million study led by the University of Leicester is underway to reduce the amount of unnecessary or inappropriate medications prescribed to older patients
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The Leicester Award: employability ‘baked into’ study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/leicester-award
The Leicester Award, an employability programme embedded in all undergraduate courses, provides students with an opportunity to develop their self-awareness and reflective abilities.
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A Literal Escape Room: an experiential approach to study skills
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/09/27/a-literal-escape-room-an-experiential-approach-to-study-skills/
Posted by apatel in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on September 27, 2018 Developed by Mark Van Der Enden, Tracy Dix, and Alex Patel The challenge and rationale… The problem with ‘study skills’ workshops are that, typically, they are boring,...
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Leicester in new study on social identity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-in-new-study-on-social-identity
The University has been selected as the only UK university to be involved in a Europe-wide project studying social identity.
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Oral history projects in Lincolnshire
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/directory-of-oral-history/east-midlands/lincolnshire
Browse projects and oral history materials from Lincolnshire, including the Making History project, which was a film project run with schools in an effort for people to investigate their family histories.
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Leicester research now ranked Top 30 in the UK (Times Higher Education analysis of REF 2021)
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/ref-2021
The University of Leicester has made one of the biggest climbs of any UK university in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, published on Thursday.