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Celebrating 35 years of DNA fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-celebrating-35-years-of-dna-fingerprinting
IW2oSGB-MaE A brand new interview with Sir Alec Jeffreys|At 9.05am on Monday 10 September 1984, a discovery in a laboratory at the University of Leicester changed the way criminal investigations were carried out.
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Industry professionals give up their time to inspire the next generation at University of Leicester event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/leicester-university-employability-industry-day
A host of successful Black professionals will be encouraging young people to follow in their footsteps at a free University of Leicester employability event.
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Annual lecture
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/annual-lecture
Find out more about our latest annual public lecture, hosted by the Centre for Victorian Studies at the University of Leicester
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Prestigious award to School of Education academic working towards peace
https://le.ac.uk/education/news-events/education-news/peace-korea-award
The leading role played by a University of Leicester academic working towards peace in the Korean Peninsula has been recognised with a prestigious award.
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The stirrings of controversy
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/reinterring/controversy
From the project’s inception, it was the stated intention of the partnership involved in the search for the king’s remains that, if successful, Richard III would be reinterred in Leicester Cathedral.
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Analysing the skeleton
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology/analysing-the-skeleton
Analysis of the bones has identified the skeleton as an adult male aged between his late 20s and late 30s; whilst forensic analysis of the bone joints, using standard post-mortem methods, provides a narrower estimate of 30-34 years of age.
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MICRA 2024
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/research/micra-2024
MICRA 2024, Meeting of Inorganic Chemists Recently Appointed, is a conference for early career researchers in Inorganic Chemistry based in the UK. The conference is held every two years. MICRA 2024 will be hosted by the University of Leicester.
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Things you probably don’t know about the US Civil Rights Movement
https://le.ac.uk/hypir/subject-tasters/us-civil-rights
Professor George Lewis tells us things you probably don’t know about Martin Luther King Jr and the US Civil Rights Movement.
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Student profile: Carinya
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/student-profiles/carinya-bame-gta
PhD candidate at the School of Arts, Media and Communication, funded by a University BAME Graduate Teaching Assistantship Please tell us about your journey to doing a PhD I returned to studying after a long gap, during which time I worked first as a freelance journalist and,...
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Symposium - 80 Years On: Memory and Legacy of World War II in ESEA Popular Culture
https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events/80-years-on
A symposium exploring the portrayal of WWII 80 years on hosted by Film Studies and Modern Languages