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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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Writing yourself into the archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/06/05/writing-yourself-into-the-archives/
Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on June 5, 2020 Seeing other institutions’ reactions to the coronavirus pandemic has encouraged the Archives & Special Collections team to think about what we can do to collect Leicester’s responses to it, both official and...
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Leicesters Victorious Varsity Season
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicesters-victorious-varsity-season
2016 has been yet another successful Varsity campaign for Team Leicester, winning 35-12 against local rivals De Montfort across 47 fixtures over a three month period.
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Affective Digital Histories: An AHRC-funded research project
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/projects/digital-histories
Learn more about the Centre for New Writing's eight commissioned pieces exploring the afterlife of industrial buildings in Leicester and Glossop, as well as relationships between people who might have used them.
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University of Leicester academic among recipients of prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/leicester-academy-springboard-award
University of Leicester academic recognized among a select group of ‘exceptional’ biomedical and health researchers awarded a total of £6.6 million in funding.
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MRC Conference 2018: Troublesome Elements
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/events/conference
The Medieval Research Centre's 2018 Conference is titled Troublesome Elements, and will encourage critical and creative responses from across all disciplines to the various difficulties that the four elements (earth, water, air and fire) presented to medieval culture.
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Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle
Dr John Pearce, from King’s College London, is a co-author of the study. He added: “This unique object gives us our most detailed representation of this form of execution found in Roman Britain.
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NHS COVID patient recovery website launched
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/your-covid-recovery
A new project to help rehabilitate thousands of patients across the UK who are recovering from COVID-19 has been launched by NHS England in collaboration with NHS Improvement, the University of Leicester, and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL).
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Glorious Debo
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/09/29/glorious-debo/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in School of English Blog on September 29, 2014 Deborah Mitford, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, often referred to as the “last Mitford sister”, has passed away. But Debo, as she was known to friends and family, was an institution in her own right.
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Fees and funding
https://le.ac.uk/study/fees-funding
Information on how to pay your fees and different ways of funding your studies, including information on scholarships and loans.