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• Monkeys and chimpanzees have created their own archaeological sites dating back hundreds of years

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/monkeys-and-chimpanzees-have-created-their-own-archaeological-sites-dating-back-hundreds-of-years

  Capuchin monkeys have created their own archaeological sites in Brazil, complete with nut-cracking tools that date back at least 600-700 years ago, according to recent research – and Dr Huw Barton from the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History...

• The Activist Museum Award 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/activist-museum-award

  The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, is delighted to announce the second round of the Activist Museum Award.

• EXILE installation marks fifty years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/fifty-years-since-the-partial-decriminalisation-of-homosexuality-to-coincide-with-bold-new-installation-at-the-national-trust2019s-kingston-lacy-in-dorset

  A bold new installation at the National Trust’s Kingston Lacy in Dorset and involving researchers from our School of Museum Studies marks fifty years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.

• President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Boyle, to leave the University of Leicester to become Vice-Chancellor of Swansea University 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/05-vc-announcement

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle CBE President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle CBE|Professor Paul Boyle CBE joined the University in October 2014 and is recognised for delivering many new achievements for the University.

• Library and Learning Services: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 2

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/page/2/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• New honorary professor appointed to Department of Physics and Astronomy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-dr-chris-mutlow-honorary-professor-physics-astronomy

  The University of Leicester’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Leicester Institute of Space and Earth Observation (LISEO) are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Chris Mutlow as an Honorary Professor.

• Diabetes 'tidal wave' imminent for young people, says global expert

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/diabetes-tidal-wave-young-people-report-melanie-davies

  The increased time young people are spending on digital channels, such as TV subscription services and gaming, is creating a new culture of “sedentary children”, with a leading professor calling for urgent action to “change mindsets” on diabetes following the publication of a...

• The University of Leicester pledges commitment to the local community

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/12-commitment-local-community

  The University of Leicester is among 30 universities to sign new “Civic University Agreement” to reaffirm local role.

• DNA and family history explored in public lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/dna-and-family-history-explored-in-public-lecture

  The Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society will host a lecture on the relationship between surnames and the paternally-inherited Y chromosome from Professor Mark Jobling on Monday 6 March.

• Research shows global warming disaster could suffocate life on planet Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/research-shows-global-warming-disaster-could-suffocate-life-on-planet-earth

  Falling oxygen levels caused by global warming could be a greater threat to the survival of life on planet Earth than flooding, according to research led by Professor Sergei Petrovskii from the Department of Mathematics.