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  • Lit&Phil Society: Ernest Rutherford: from Kiwi farm boy to President of the Royal Society

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2022 Professor Mary Fowler will give a talk to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on Monday, 14th November, about her Great Grandfather, Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics.

  • Guru Nanak Sikh collection

    The Guru Nanak Sikh Museum collection contains three interviews (two in Punjabi, one in English) which document the lives of members of the Sikh community in Leicester. Get more information about the collection.

  • British Planetary Science Conference 2020

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 January 2020 Academic staff and students presented a wide range of work at the 2nd British Planetary Science Conference The 2nd British Planetary Science Conference was held from the 13th-15th of January at...

  • Free online course to tackle ethically unsound research

    A free online course offered by our University and aimed at aspiring academics hopes to help tackle issues surrounding ethically unsound research.

  • 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.

  • New study to explore how personalised drug doses could improve quality of life for people with secondary breast cancer

    A new study by a Leicester researcher will explore how people with incurable secondary (or metastatic) breast cancer experience treatment side effects, and whether personalised drug doses could help improve their quality of life

  • Myths and Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry, 8 May 2018

    Myths and Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry was a lecture by Dr Michael Lewis (FSA MCIfA), Head of Portable Antiquities and Treasure at the British Museum, London, and an acknowledged expert on the Tapestry.

  • Geology researchers participate in Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society events

    Founded in 1835, The Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society predates the University by over a century, yet it was an integral catalyst in the formation of the University of Leicester and much of our histories are entwined.

  • Winners of Festival of Postgraduate Research 2015 announced

    The winners of the Festival of Postgraduate Research 2015 have been announced. During the Festival our University gets to showcase the best of its research student talent and this year the standard of entries was very high.

  • Partnerships

    Find out more about our partners for 'The Dickens Code.' Including: the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Charles Dickens Museum and the Free Library of Philadelphia.

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