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James Arthur (Jim) Mackley
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/jim-mackley
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Mr Jim Mackley. Jim joined the Department of Genetics as a technician in 1964, and was then Chief Technician in the Department of Biochemistry from 1981 until his retirement.
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The destruction of Old St Paul’s
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/09/01/the-destruction-of-old-st-pauls/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on September 1, 2016 350 years ago this month, during the early hours of Sunday 2 September 1666, the Great Fire of London, which had broken out in the Pudding Lane bakery of Thomas Farynor, began to spread with...
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The latest adventures of MS 210
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/05/22/the-latest-adventures-of-ms-210/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 22, 2019 In a follow-up to his previous blog post, The Beast in Me , Museum Studies PhD student Armand De Filippo reports on the most recent adventures of our “Ethiopic Manuscript”, MS 210.
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Events
https://le.ac.uk/alumni/join-us/events
Take a look at events that have brought our alumni together recently.
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Dryad Collection – basket weaving
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/08/30/the-dryad-collection-basket-weaving/
Posted by cl13 in Library Special Collections on August 30, 2022 As I catalogue the Dryad Collection , I was surprised to see that the books on basket weaving not only included “How to” manuals, but also books that were concerned with the cultivation of the types of natural...
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Film Studies MA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/film-studies-ma/2026
The MA in Film Studies offers an exciting opportunity to dive deep into the world of film, one of the world’s most successful popular art forms.
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Pilot programme for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease will be expanded following its success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/lucid
A pilot programme for people living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) is helping to revolutionise patient care and could be rolled out elsewhere
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Ulrika Maude: Samuel Beckett and Medicine
https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events/ulrika-maude
Find out more about a free online event celebrating the publication of Ulrika Maude's book 'Samuel Beckett and Medicine', published by Cambridge University Press in 2025.
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English for Environmental Science Winter Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/dli-winter-programmes/environmental-science
Study on the English for Environmental Science Winter Programme at the University of Leicester. Improve your ability to communicate in English in an environmental science context.
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English for Engineering Winter Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/dli-winter-programmes/engineering
A short course to develop participants’ ability to communicate when using English in a chemistry context and to allow students to experience what is like to study chemistry in a British University.