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  • University of Leicester staff blog School of English BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz visits the Joe Or

    Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on June 26, 2014 The BBC’s chief Arts Editor Will Gompertz visited the University on 25 June to make a radio feature on the Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton.

  • His Honour David Brunning

    The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of David Brunning, a former member of Council and life member of the University Court. David Brunning was born on 10 April 1943. He was a pupil at Burton upon Trent Grammar School.

  • Mr Duncan Cloud (1930-2020)

    The University community was saddened to learn of the loss, on 24 June 2020, of one of its most senior members and a major figure in its history. John Duncan Cloud (MA Oxford, B.Litt.

  • Staff recognised at the Discovering Excellence Awards

    Discovering Excellence Staff Awards|Last night staff from across the University of Leicester celebrated the innovation, creativity and dedication of our fantastic colleagues at the fourth annual Discovering Excellence Staff Awards.

  • Anti-racism toolkit for publishing (US)

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 16, 2022 Anti-racism toolkit for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour   Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) and the Society for Scholarly...

  • Leicester alumni boost research into student vaccine uptake

    Research focused on improving vaccine uptake in university students has been given a boost this week after the University of Leicester’s Alumni Association Committee made a generous donation of £5,000 to the University’s Vice-Chancellor Nishan Canagarajah on Monday 21st...

  • The Convict Hulks of Bermuda

    Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 26, 2014 I have long been interested in Bermuda. Like the island that I studied for my PhD thesis, Mauritius, it has no indigenous population.

  • Protecting children from war and violence

    In any society subjected to war or violence, children are the innocent victims. Even if they are not injured themselves, the experience is understandably traumatic.

  • PhD student receives prestigious research grant

    A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale.

  • How the BBC is using WhatsApp

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 A really interesting case study and webinar made available by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers which discusses use of social media by the BBC World Service to...

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