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Academic comments on the rise of kids activities being marketed to adults
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/academic-comments-on-the-rise-of-kids2019-activities-being-marketed-to-adults
Dr Jane Pilcher from our School of Media, Communication and Sociology has been featured in an article for The Guardian discussing why kids’ activities – such as bouncy castles and ballpits - are now being marketed to grown men and women.
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Political Cartoons in the Classroom: The ‘Simple View of Reading’ Approach
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/03/02/political-cartoons-in-the-classroom-the-simple-view-of-reading-approach/
Blog on reading political cartoons in the classroom
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The happy ending to the story of ambitious project to refurbish iconic Engineering Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/the-2018happy-ending2019-to-the-story-of-ambitious-project-to-refurbish-iconic-engineering-building
The Herculean task of replacing the iconic roof of one the world’s most revered pieces of 20th-century architecture has been captured on the page by the lead designer of the project.
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Book on post-apartheid South Africa by Leicester academic published
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/book-on-post-apartheid-south-africa-by-leicester-academic-published
Lecturer and South Africa specialist from our University Dr James Hamill has published a new book, Africa’s Lost Leader: South Africa’s Continental Role Since Apartheid.
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Student research stories featured by the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/student-research-stories-featured-by-the-bbc
Two student-led studies published in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics run by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science have been featured on the BBC's '10 things we didn't know last week', which highlights research about interesting and...
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Archaeology students from University of Leicester unearth very big Roman house in the country
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/roman-villa
Finds from latest excavation in Leicestershire may provide insight into the ‘rural charm’ of Britain to the Romans, while first-year archaeology students developed their excavation skills with Time Team filming for a feature later in the year
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Hello Leicester Hollywood star Alec Baldwin pays tribute to Joe Orton for University event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/hello-leicester-hollywood-star-alec-baldwin-pays-tribute-to-joe-orton-for-university-event
Hollywood icon and 2017 Emmy Award nominee Alec Baldwin is playing a key role in a Leicester event celebrating the legacy of playwright Joe Orton.
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Leicester leads the way against COVID-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/covid-response
A complete response The University of Leicester has been at the forefront of the conversation into universities’ reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams
https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study/healthcare-teams
Find out more about the evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams course at the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare.
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Chicxulub crater study suggests asteroid impacts could create habitats for life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/chicxulub-crater-study-suggests-asteroid-impacts-could-create-habitats
Scientists studying a 65-million-year old crater in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by an asteroid impact, claim it could have provided a habitat for early life to take hold on earth.