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• Renowned street artist creates ghostimage of famous playwright Joe Orton in library

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/renowned-street-artist-creates-ghost-image-of-famous-playwright-joe-orton-in-library

  A renowned street artist has spray-painted a ‘ghost image’ of playwright Joe Orton in our Library – which he hopes will encourage people to reflect on the legacy of the writer.

• How the enclosure of common land sparked riots revolts and resistance in the Midlands

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/how-the-enclosure-of-common-land-sparked-riots-revolts-and-resistance-in-the-midlands

  A series of riots by angry farmers opposing the enclosure of common land in the Midlands in 1607 will be the subject of this year’s Hoskins Lecture on 5 May.

• Leicester spin-out continues to grow

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-spin-out-continues-to-grow

  MIP Diagnostics Ltd, a Midlands-based life sciences start-up that develops 'plastic antibodies' for a variety of applications has received £300,000 of follow-on funding from Mercia Fund Management for working capital growth.

• Student from School of Business wins Presidents Prize

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/student-from-school-of-business-wins-president2019s-prize

  A University of Leicester student has won the President’s Prize in a national competition designed to show what it takes to be future business leaders.

• Visiting Professor awarded the prestigious Presidents Medal from the British Academy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/visiting-professor-awarded-the-prestigious-presidents-medal-from-the-british-academy

  A Visiting Professor at our University has been honoured with one of the highest awards for humanities and social sciences.

• Ukraine war realises predictions of nuclear power plant threat, says Leicester civil safety expert

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/nuclear-power-plant-ukraine

  As Ukraine conflict continues, new book by University of Leicester researcher argues that nuclear facilities are more likely to be targeted, and damage to power plants risks radiological contamination of the environment over vast areas.

• Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture Series

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/court/chancellor/distinguished-lecture-series

  The Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series is the University of Leicester’s flagship programme of public events.

• The people in the film

  https://le.ac.uk/centenary/so-that-they-may-have-life/people

  The film shows Dr Astley Clarke and Lily McCurdy walking the same path a century apart. The film features students, alumni and staff playing the roles in the film.

• Research Innovation expertise featured at major business innovation event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-innovation-expertise-featured-at-major-business-innovation-event

  For the second year running, our University is a regional partner in Venturefest East Midlands – an event driven by Innovate UK and KTN (Knowledge Transfer Network) to boost innovation and drive business growth across the region and nationally.

• Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology to bring our past to life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/festival-of-leicestershire-and-rutland-archaeology-to-bring-our-past-to-life

  Members of the public are invited to help bring our past to life by taking part in the UK’s largest archaeology festival and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than before.