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Minister meets life science and space businesses
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/18-minister-visit
Minister meets life science and space businesses Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis meets students and staff from the University 600|Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis, was in Leicester today (Thursday 18 October) visiting the University of Leicester and the National Space Centre,...
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BBC commissions Leicester artist to mark ‘Culture in Quarantine’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/spectrum-sounds-bbc-commission
Professor Hugill directs the Creative Computing programme at the University of Leicester and is an Honorary Creative Fellow at the Attenborough Arts Centre, as well as sitting on its Advisory Board. He also leads the AHRC-funded ‘Aural Diversity’ project.
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University of Leicester staff blog School of English BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz visits the Joe Or
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/06/26/bbc-arts-editor-will-gompertz-visits-the-joe-orton-archive/
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.
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New poll reveals 8 out of 10 students rate university ‘learning experience’ as most important
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/post-covid-survey
New research commissioned by the University of Leicester has revealed how post-COVID, ‘learning experience’ matters most to students (82%), followed by ‘gaining independence’ (78%), green open spaces (78%), and mental health and wellbeing (64%).
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Leicester City Graduate Project earns FSB local government prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/city-graduate-project-award
A flagship internship scheme encouraging students from Leicester’s two universities to stay and work in the city after they graduate has been recognised as one of the best regional initiatives at a national award ceremony.
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Critical Management in Action: “Social Media Free Day”
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/03/21/critical-management-in-action-social-media-free-day/
Posted by Jennifer Smith Maguire in School of Business Blog on March 21, 2014 Jennifer Smith Maguire, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Production and Consumption at the School, outlines the motivation behind an experiment-in-abstinence undertaken by some of her freshman tutees.
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Cosmic Coffee to deliver creative insights at October event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/cosmic-coffee-creative-insights-october-event-770
Andrew Fletcher of the Attenborough Arts Centre, local artist Matt Turner and James Burkmar from LCB Depot will speak at Space Park Leicester on 1 October
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School of Business Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 7
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/page/7/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Exposure to air pollution in pregnancy and early life has important impacts on lung function in early childhood
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/27-pollution-during-pregnancy
New research by the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CESH) at the University of Leicester indicates that exposure to air pollution from road traffic as early as the first trimester of pregnancy and in early life is associated with small but significant...
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New heart attack genes discovered
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-heart-attack-genes-discovered
Scientists have discovered two new genes which are associated with a person’s risk of coronary heart disease in an international collaboration involving BHF and NIHR-funded researchers. The findings could lead to new statin-like treatments to prevent heart attacks.