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  • Professor Vincent Newey (1943–2020)

    Professor Philip Shaw writes: It is with deep sadness that I share the news that Vincent Newey, our colleague, friend and former Head of Department, has passed away.

  • cl13

    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...

  • Protein levels in urine are reliable measure of effectiveness in kidney disease research says study

    An international consortium of doctors and scientists, including members from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester, has found that protein levels in urine are a reliable way to measure the effectiveness of a medicine, device or treatment on the progress of...

  • Dancing With Strangers: Body and Otherness in the Experience of Citizenship

    Posted by Maria Rovisco in Performing Citizenship on December 15, 2015 This post is authored by Rita Marcalo, dancer, choreographer and Artistic Director of Instant Dissidence , as a response to the Workshop ‘Arts and Citizenship’ held at the Department of Media and...

  • Physics with Space Science BSc

    When we look up at the stars, it’s impossible not to wonder. This degree takes your curiosity seriously. Alongside the fundamentals of physics, you’ll study areas like space astronomy, Earth observation, rocket propulsion and human spaceflight.

  • Sami Zubaida

    We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.

  • Mollusc invaders in the Thames – a mark of the Anthropocene

    In the last few decades, the life of London’s River Thames has been transformed.

  • Worlds biggest study of genetics of lung health and disease allows scientists to predict chance of developing COPD

    The world’s biggest study into an individual’s genetic make-up and the risk of developing lung disease could allow scientists to more accurately ‘predict’ - based on genes and smoking - your chance of developing COPD, a deadly disease which is the third commonest cause of...

  • Glynis Wright MBE

    Dr Glynis Wright MBE is an alumna of the University of Leicester and a well-known businesswoman and lawyer who made a career U-turn at the age of 40 to train for the legal profession.

  • Generous donation to enhance pioneering kidney research at Leicester

    Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received another major boost thanks to a £1 million donation

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