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• University of Leicester honours charity chief for raising the ambitions of hundreds of thousands of young people

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/university-leicester-honours-charity-chief-raising-ambitions-hundreds-thousands-young-people

  The co-founder of a social mobility charity devoted to raising young people’s educational aspirations has received an honorary award from the University of Leicester.

• University of Leicester hosts 100th birthday festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/changemakers-festival

  The University of Leicester welcomed students, staff, alumni and guests from the local community on Saturday in celebration of the University’s Centenary.

• Archaeologists create 3D interactive digital reconstruction of King Richard IIIs grave found under a car park

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/archaeologists-create-3d-interactive-digital-reconstruction-of-king-richard-iii2019s-grave-found-under-a-car-park

  Archaeologists who discovered and helped to identify the mortal remains of King Richard III have created a 3D interactive representation of the grave and the skeleton of the king under the car park.

• Leicester study highlights appeal of hybrid working to University staff

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/hybrid-working

  Research at the University of Leicester has revealed the popularity of hybrid working amongst university staff.

• World Press Freedom day is celebrated annually on the 3rd May

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/world-press-freedom-day-is-celebrated-annually-on-the-3rd-may/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 2018 is the 25 th anniversary and the focus is upon the rule of law. Find out more about the events on the UNESCO official website.

• 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.

• 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.

• Museums and an ageing population

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/museums-and-ageing-population

  This session explored how museums can meet the needs of older people, putting older people’s rights at the centre of Museum practice.

• New guidance for filmmakers on how to represent people with disabilities 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/disabilities-in-media

  A recent PhD from the University of Leicester has called on the film industry to better represent people with disabilities on the big screen.

• Introducing… the Leicester Grading System for Foveal Hypoplasia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/12-leicester-foveal-scale

  A team of eye researchers have published the first medical grading system named after the city of Leicester.