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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.
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Before you arrive
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-next-steps
Checklists for what to bring to university – your accommodation, how to register, getting to Leicester, budgeting, and starting your studies.
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Leicester expert discusses UK journalism with the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-expert-discusses-uk-journalism-with-the-bbc
Tor Clark (pictured), Associate Professor in Journalism from our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, has recently appeared on BBC Radio Leicester discussing the current state of UK journalism and the role newspapers played in the outcome of the recent General Election.
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Researchers to explore the use of e-cigarettes by young people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/researchers-to-explore-the-use-of-e-cigarettes-by-young-people
A research team led by our University will be exploring how young people use e-cigarettes or ‘vape’ as part of a new project funded by Cancer Research UK entitled 'Adolescent Vaping Careers'.
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Section 6 - The Senate
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/documents/statutes/senate
Read Section 6 of our Statutes, entitled The Senate. This section outlines the organisational structure of the Senate and the Senate’s powers.
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Dean of Research celebrates awards and nominations
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/news/news/dean-of-research-celebrates-awards-and-nominations
We are hugely pleased that our Dean of Research, Professor Mat Hughes, has recently been longlisted for one award and won another.
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New film on forced marriages and people with learning disabilities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/new-film-on-forced-marriages-and-people-with-learning-disabilities
A documentary about what forced marriage means for adults with learning disabilities has been made involving expertise from Leicester.
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Expert opinions cover heart disease migraines Salisbury and World Sleep Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/expert-opinions-cover-heart-attacks-migraines-salisbury-and-world-sleep-day
In an article for The Conversation, Dr Tom Webb and Professors Alison Goodall and Shu Ye have discussed possible reasons why age is such as strong risk factor for heart disease.
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Optional Major Project International Placement: Space Exploration Development Systems (SEEDS)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pa7092
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Complementing awareness with action: a collaborative effort for change in medicine
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-voices/ololade-tijani
Ololade Tijani reflects on the how awareness combined with action can have meaningful change, exemplified by the MedRACE scrub cap project