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Marian Whitaker
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/marian-whitaker
The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of Mrs Marian Edna Whitaker, who passed away on 12 December 2022, aged 94.
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1,800 year-old evidence of Roman worship found in Leicester Cathedral dig
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/cathedral-roman-worship
University of Leicester Archaeological Services uncover evidence of a cellar and altar stone from the Roman period thought to be a private shrine or cult room, suggesting the site of Leicester Cathedral has seen religious observance for nearly 1,800 years
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Happy International Archives Day 2018!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/happy-international-archives-day-2018/
Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on June 8, 2018 The University records manager, David Jenkins, and I (Vicky Holmes, University Archivist) thought we’d take the opportunity to flag up IAD18 and explain a bit about what we do all day! On the 9th of...
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Tax-efficient giving
https://le.ac.uk/giving/ways-to-give/tax-efficient-giving
Learn more about tax-efficient giving and the ways your gift to the University of Leicester can be enhanced.
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A celebration of 100 years ago today, by Caroline Wessel
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/04/04/a-celebration-of-100-years-ago-today-by-caroline-wessel/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 4, 2019 Newspaper cuttings reporting Fielding Johnson’s Gift, from Astley Clarke’s scrapbook (ULA/D2/1) On Friday 4 April 1919 Mr Thomas Fielding Johnson purchased the 36-acre site of Leicester’s 5th Northern Base...
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Inspired by the Olympic Games
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/12/inspired-by-the-olympic-games/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 12, 2016 Get some facts and figures.
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Experts to discuss exclusion in gaming underrepresentation and future of industry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/experts-to-discuss-exclusion-in-gaming-underrepresentation-and-future-of-industry
Exclusionary aspects of the gaming industry and ways in which the industry can be more inclusive in the future will be highlighted at an event organised by our University on Thursday 28 September.
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Educational policy and practice: how ‘evidence-based’ can or should it be?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/06/12/500/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 12, 2017 ‘On the research side, evidence-based education seems to favour a technocratic model in which it is assumed that the only relevant research questions are questions about...
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Astronomers find surprising shapes in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere over Great Red Spot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/jupiter-shapes
Scientists led by the University of Leicester using the James Webb Space Telescope have seen intricate structures in the infrared light from Jupiter's upper atmosphere
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The kitten heel: progress for women in politics?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/kitten-heel
Read the article "The kitten heel: progress for women in politics?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.