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Leicester researchers lay it on the line
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-researchers-lay-it-on-the-line
The work of Leicester engineers has been profiled in a national publication for industry. The National Grid (NG) Annual Summary 2015/16 by Nicola Shaw, the UK Executive Director of NG, features Leicester’s research as its very first case study.
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Convicts Creolization and Cosmopolitanism in the British and French Empires
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/convicts-creolization-and-cosmopolitanism-in-the-british-and-french-empires
Convicts, Creolization and Cosmopolitanism in the British and French Empires, funded by the Leverhulme Trust is the first interdisciplinary and comparative study of descent and descendants among these non-Europeans, during the period since the 1780s when individual...
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Studentships and Self Funded PhD Opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/study/phd-opportunities
View projects available to self-funded research students Available PhD Projects |Current Studentship Opportunities in MCB Browse PhD opportunities at the Leicester Institute for Structural and Chemical Biology (LISCB) Browse funded opportunities in the...
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Living Black at University
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/diversity/living
Find out more about the Living Black at University report released by Unite students in 2022.
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Black holes could grow as large as 50 billion suns research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/black-holes-could-grow-as-large-as-50-billion-suns-research-shows
Black holes at the heart of galaxies could swell to 50 billion times the mass of the sun before losing the discs of gas they rely on to sustain themselves, according to research by Professor Andrew King from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Student Experience: Year in Industry
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate/student-experience-industry
Watch and read about student experiences of industrial placements.
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University of Leicester awarded University of Sanctuary Recognition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/13-university-of-sanctuary
The University of Leicester has been recognised as a University of Sanctuary; one of only eight in the country and the only one in the region.
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University of Leicester awards honorary degree to graduate and best-selling author
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/adele-parks
Acclaimed novelist and Leicester graduate, Adele Parks MBE has returned to the University to be awarded an honorary degree. Parks received a (DLitt) Doctor of Letters from the University of Leicester in a ceremony that took place at De Montfort Hall on Thursday, 19 January.
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Biography of Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/biography
A short biography of Sir Professor Jeffreys - the inventor of DNA fingerprinting. From research at Leicester to Knighthood and current work.
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Mick Frost
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2026/mick-frost
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