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New Vice-Chancellor named
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/20-new-vice-chancellor-named
Professor Nishan Canagarajah Image of Professor Nishan Canagarajah|The University of Leicester is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nishan Canagarajah as its next President and Vice-Chancellor with effect from Monday 4 November 2019.
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Zoo poo might hold the secrets to new medical treatments
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/phages-dudley-zoo-poo
Scientists at the University of Leicester are hoping the collection of poo from tigers, elephants, rhinos and other exotic animals, could contain the secret to finding new medical treatments.
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University of Leicester Professor of Astrobiology chosen to attend NATO panel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/astrobiology-professor-attend-nato-panel
Professor Mark Sims took part in the the NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO) Systems Concepts and Integration (SCI) Panel Research Specialists’ Meeting on dual-use space technology
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A legal war is no less lethal.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/helendexter/2016/07/08/a-legal-war-is-no-less-lethal/
Posted by Helen Dexter in I love to doubt as well as know: A blog about teaching and politics on July 8, 2016 The question of the legality of the war in Iraq was, quite deliberately, beyond the scope of Chilcot Enquiry and the report published yesterday makes no direct...
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The schoolboy sketches of John Leech
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/05/the-schoolboy-sketches-of-john-leech/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 5, 2017 The artist and illustrator John Leech, who became one of the foremost contributors to Punch and created the artwork for some of Dickens’ most popular works, notably A Christmas Carol , was born in 1817...
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Mark Rudkin
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2021/mark-rudkin
It is with great sadness that we have to report to colleagues across the institution that Mark Rudkin, a member of our Security team, passed away unexpectedly last week whilst at home. Mark was a Security Patrol Officer who had worked at the University since September 2012.
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Scientists deliver world-first lobster X-ray telescope mirror
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/svom-satellite-lobster-mirror
Space scientists at the University of Leicester have delivered a completely new type of super-lightweight X-ray telescope mirror to study the greatest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang.
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Leicester experts to feature at national Festival of Social Science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/festival-social-science
University of Leicester researchers will showcase the real-world impact of their work at the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)’s Festival of Social Science in November.
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Martin Coffey: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/author/martin_coffey/page/2/
Postgraduate Career Development Adviser, Doctoral College Team.
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Postgraduate Researcher Careers: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/page/2/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester