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University records
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/records
Browse the officers of University College Leicester from its founding in 1921 (as Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College) through to its award of the Royal Charter in 1957.
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Prehistoric penis worms shed light on ocean ecology half a billion years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/prehistoric-2018penis-worms2019-shed-light-on-ocean-ecology-half-a-billion-years-ago
Dr Tom Harvey from the Department of Geology has been involved in a study along with researchers at the University of Cambridge into Ottoia, a type of phallic-shaped ‘penis worm’ – and has helped to identify that the creature used a bizarre set of teeth to drag itself across...
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Role specification
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/court/chancellor/specification
Term of office To be determined by Court on appointment, but normally a maximum period of five years. Remuneration This is an honorary position with travel and subsistence expenses paid. Role purpose The Chancellor is the ceremonial head of the University.
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First Forty Years of Physics at Leicester 1924-64
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/01/04/first-forty-years-of-physics-at-leicester-1924-64/
Professor Ken Pounds looks back upon the first four decades of Physics at the University of Leicester.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/people
Browse our list of academic staff, university fellows and honorary visiting staff and find out how to get in touch via telephone and email.
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Association of School and College Leaders and University join forces to offer Masters level courses
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/association-of-school-and-college-leaders-joins-forces-with-the-university-of-leicester-to-offer-master2019s-level-courses
A unique collaboration between the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and the University will offer professional courses leading to Master’s level degrees.
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Lost tombs and quarries rediscovered on British military base in Cyprus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/cyprus-archaeology
University of Leicester Archaeological Services rediscovers 46 sites at the Eastern Sovereign Base Area at Dhekelia, Cyprus, working on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
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When you’re working, you’re working.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/08/01/when-youre-working-youre-working/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 1, 2018 This morning I read a very interesting article titled “Time to call time on out of hours email?” Whilst this article could be easily categorised as just another treatise on work-life balance and the...
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University of Leicester engineer to work on game changing drone technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/lrft-fellowship
A university engineer will take a year away from teaching to work on state-of-the-art drone technology.
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Leicester receives record Turing Scheme funding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/turing
Having secured its largest-ever single grant for overseas mobility in 2023, Leicester has once more successfully bid for Turing funding to support outbound student mobility.