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  • Major endorsement for new space mission to find ‘Earth 2.0’

    Initial designs show some similarities to JWST, with a segmented telescope assembly and large sunshade to be deployed in orbit. But LUVOIR would boast a segmented mirror up to 16m in diameter – compared to the current record 6m diameter array fitted to JWST.

  • Thinking sociologically about the history of convicts and penal colonies

    Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on February 25, 2016 In the early 1990s I had the privilege of studying with David Garland, then teaching and researching in Edinburgh University’s Law School.

  • 35 years since we changed the world

    L-R: Professor Turi King, Tony Garner, Lin Garner, David Gyimah, Barbara Ashworth, David Baker, Chief Constable Simon Cole, Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, Rob Eaton, Lynda Eaton, Mick Tucker, Kath Eastwood, Sue Jeffreys, Jenny Foxon|The discovery...

  • Unrequited Love: The Enduring Pain of Convictism in Western Australia

    Posted by abarker in Carceral Archipelago on May 22, 2017 By Kellie Moss The sentence of transportation signified the physical removal, or banishment of convicts, from the wider social body to colonies overseas.

  • Leicester scientist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry award

    A researcher from the University's College of Medicine has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Toxicology Award for 2017.

  • Health and Safety Services

    The University of Leicester is committed to ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of its students and staff as demonstrated in the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy Statement (PDF, 837KB). Contact us Health and Safety Services can be contacted on safetyservices@leicester.

  • Forensic Science and Criminal Justice MSc, by distance learning

    From fingerprint visualisation to blood spatter, police investigations often hinge on the correct evaluation and interpretation of forensic evidence. In this degree, you’ll gain the advanced skills needed to make an impact out in the field.

  • Surnames and the Y chromosome

    Research Fellow: Dr Turi King - Project Manager of the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain and lead researcher on the Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in the North of England project In Britain, we have heritable surnames.

  • Introducing SKYLARK

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 The SKYLARK rocket dominates our newly-revamped foyer in the School of Physics and Astronomy. This blog post provides some of the history of Leicester’s involvement in the SKYLARK project.

  • Promising early results from new UK Type 2 diabetes prevention programme

    A programme aimed at preventing the development of Type 2 diabetes in people at high risk of the disease has achieved “promising” early results, a study has found.

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