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People
https://le.ac.uk/country-house-technology/people
Professor Marilyn Palmer Marilyn Palmer read History at St Anne’s College, Oxford, and then worked in teacher training at Loughborough College of Education before joining the History Department of the University of Loughborough and becoming its Head in 1983.
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Professor Mat Hughes
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/alumni-newsletter/professor-mat-hughes
Professor Mat Hughes is a Schulze Distinguished Professor (the twelfth in history and the first outside the USA) and Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Leicester School of Business.
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University wins award for training in breast feeding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/midwifery
The University of Leicester has been awarded the prestigious Baby Friendly Award (BFI) from UNICEF in recognition of the high levels of breastfeeding training given to Midwifery students
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Yu-Chun Kao: Digital Media at the National Palace Museum, Taiwan
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/yu-chun-kao
Museum Studies graduate Catherine Sargent talks about life and her career after getting her degree from the University of Leicester.
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City Council and University of Leicester support Leicester businesses in becoming more sustainable
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/18-sustainable-business-support
Businesses in Leicester are being offered a range of support to become more sustainable by Leicester City Council and the University of Leicester’s Innovation Hub.
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More training required to ensure patients with Type 2 Diabetes benefit from glucose monitoring technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/diabetes-glucose-monitoring
New research shows that Type 2 diabetic patients benefit from continuous glucose monitoring technology (CGM) to improve their care but do not receive this due to lack of training
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Space Park Leicester expands its service offering to space pioneers and community groups
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/space-park-services-community-groups
New Services offering will give more organisations the chance to benefit from its state-of-the-art resources and connect with leading engineers and academics
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Scientists investigate bumblebee decline due to particulate pollutant exposure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/bees-gut-microbiome-pollution
By studying bumblebee exposure to particulate air pollutants scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that the diversity and behaviour of the bee gut microbial community is altered when exposed to black carbon found in air pollution, disrupting the beneficial...
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Leicester Economics students quiz Bank of England chief
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/leicester-economics-students-bank-england-chief-andrew-bailey
Economics students from the University of Leicester were given the lesson of a lifetime after being able to quiz the man who guides the nation’s economic and monetary policy.
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Hamish Simpson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson
We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.