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University honours distinguished figures in the arts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/university-honours-distinguished-figures-in-the-arts
An award-winning theatrical actor and the former Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language, will be honoured at the University's Degree Ceremonies on 23 January.
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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (Cardiovascular) Staff
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/people/brc-cv-staff
Browse the NIHR BRC staff working in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester. Find out how to get in touch via email.
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Research shows national parliaments in the UK and the Netherlands host highest number of MPs of immigrant origin
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-national-parliaments-in-the-uk-and-the-netherlands-host-highest-number-of-mps-of-immigrant-origin
Key research findings about the political representation of citizens of immigrant origin (IO) in European national parliaments have been announced at an event in central London on Monday 15 February.
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Material researchers awarded £18.3 million to create technical ceramics of the future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/advanced-ceramics
Advanced materials specialists at the University of Leicester have been awarded part of an £18.3 million grant to enhance technical ceramics of the future through innovative computer modelling techniques.
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Scientist and innovator is Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/scientist-and-innovator-is-royal-society-entrepreneur-in-residence
The Department of Genetics & Genome Biology is delighted to host Dr Chris Finnis who has been awarded a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) Fellowship in the first year of this prestigious scheme.
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November Book Group: The Loved One
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/11/10/menatarms/
Deatils of the November Waugh Book Group meeting, 2014
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jbridges: Page 8
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/8/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.
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Leicester medieval historian elected as Fellow of the British Academy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/joanna-story-british-academy-fellow-leicester
The University of Leicester's Professor Joanna Story has been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy as a UK Fellow.
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The Boy Who Lived Students put the science of Harry Potters universe to the test
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/students-put-the-science-of-harry-potter2019s-universe-to-the-test
In the world of Harry Potter the young wizard undergoes two magical biological transformations: eating Gillyweed to grow gills in order to breathe underwater and drinking Skele-Gro to repair broken bones.
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Tim Peake describes the first time he saw Earth from space in new video
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/tim-peake-to-receive-an-honorary-degree
The University has conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science upon British astronaut Tim Peake during a visit to the National Space Centre in Leicester on Friday 14 October as part of a wider tour of the UK.