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University staff and students feature in FT testimonies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/university-staff-and-students-feature-in-ft-testimonies
Staff and students from the University's School of Management feature in a new video series from the Financial Times.
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Language learning national event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/language-learning-national-event
The Association for Language Learning (ALL), based at the University of Leicester, is organising Language World, the key national event for language teachers which brings them together to share ideas, offer mutual support and plan for the future for languages education.
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Leicester tops student nightlife league table
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/21-nightlife-league-table
A new ‘alternative university league table’ ranks the University of Leicester as number one! Ticket aggregator site Tickx compiled a list of 53 universities, using non-academic (but important) metrics including monthly rent, pubs per square mile, available Deliveroo options,...
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Approaches to nuclear warfighting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/approaches-to-nuclear-2018war-fighting2019
A new study by a University academic argues that current passive and static conceptualizations of Chinese approaches to nuclear and conventional deterrence are no longer appropriate.
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Leicester in UK top 10 cities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-in-uk-top-10-cities
Our city ranks in the UK top 10 according to PwC’s Good Growth for Cities index 2017 published this week. Leicester is ranked ninth in the UK- and third in terms of most improved from last year.
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University Provost discusses proposals for universities to run schools
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-provost-discusses-proposals-for-universities-to-run-schools
The University’s Provost Professor Mark Peel has written a piece for the Times Educational Supplement discussing the Government’s consultation paper ‘Schools that work for everyone’ – asking whether universities should also be required to run a school.
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Leicester space artist to embark on inspirational research project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/space-artist-nasa
Space artist Matt Turner will be visiting NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Johnson Space Center USA to develop new artworks to be exhibited at Space Park Leicester.
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Dramatic award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/dramatic-award
Dr Robert Kenny, University Fellow in French Studies, has been awarded a grant from the Theatre Research Society ‘to acknowledge the significance of his research into François Moylin’ and to provide clerical assistance with the index and editing of his study of itinerant...
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Gardening the write way – Tim becomes Leicester beauty spot’s first poet in residence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/tim-relf
A writer will be adding to his growing reputation after being appointed the first-ever poet in residence at the University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden.
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Attenborough Arts Centre to host exhibitions by Claude Cahun and UK debut of Laura Swanson
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/attenborough-arts-centre-to-host-exhibitions-by-claude-cahun-and-uk-debut-of-laura-swanson
Our Attenborough Arts Centre will be the first venue in the UK to present a solo exhibition by American artist Laura Swanson, alongside the Hayward Touring exhibition of photography by gender-defying artist Claude Cahun (1894 – 1954).