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Physics and Astronomy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/paul_mcmillan/
Centenary celebrations Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 May 2025 The first students to study physics at what was then University College, Leicester were enrolled in 1925. A class of 10 students were enrolled, and a single lecturer appointed.
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Forthcoming events
https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/events
If you're interested in training to teach, we recommend attending an event run by the University of Leicester or one of our partners. These are an opportunity to chat to those running the PGCE course and find out more about what the course involves.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/people
Meet the team who work in the department of Respiratory Sciences (formerly Infection, Immunity and Inflammation). Find out ways to get in touch and where staff are based.
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BLOG: what’s the wider story behind Leicester’s migration history?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/migration
Fifty years ago Leicester welcomed up to 28,000 South Asian UK passport holders from Uganda.
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How much do you know about the founders and early benefactors of our University? by Caroline Wessel
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/11/01/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-founders-and-early-benefactors-of-our-university-by-caroline-wessel/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on November 1, 2019 To celebrate our Centenary Years, Special Collections would like to share with you new research, which not only paints a picture of the how we were founded, but also the way of life and the connection of...
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History and Politics BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/history-and-politics-ba/2026
Leicester’s History and Politics course will help you to develop an advanced understanding of the modern world, whilst practical modules will develop your career skills.
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Indigeneity and Carcerality: Thinking about reserves, prisons, and settler colonialism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/10/27/indigeneity-and-carcerality-thinking-about-reserves-prisons-and-settler-colonialism/
Posted by abarker in Carceral Archipelago on October 27, 2016 In 1871, a group of men – hereditary chiefs of the Six Nations of the Grand River – met with anthropologist Horatio Hale in the town of Brantford, Ontario.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/health-sciences/people
Meet the Health Sciences at Leicester team. Find ways to get in touch with our management team, academic team, professional services staff, and research and teaching staff.
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Expert opinions cover Brexit Michael Gove Victorian dismemberment football and US nuclear command
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-brexit-michael-gove-and-victorian-dismemberment
Professor Panicos Demetriades from the Department of Economics has written an article for Think: Leicester giving his initial reaction to the Brexit vote.
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Some combinations of long-term health conditions linked to worse quality of life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/multimorbidity
Certain combinations of long-term health conditions are associated with worse quality of life and should be taken into account when assessing patients.