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Academic helps to launch new Open Access journal to highlight research into contemporary political issues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/academic-helps-to-launch-new-open-access-journal-to-highlight-research-into-contemporary-political-issues
Dr Simona Guerra from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has been appointed Co-Chief Editor of Political Research Exchange (PRX), a new Open Access journal which will feature cutting-edge research into contemporary politics.
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New project to help tailor cancer treatments for individual patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/new-project-to-help-tailor-cancer-treatments-for-individual-patients
A new project led by Dr Julian Barwell (pictured) from the Department of Genetics hopes to help move the treatment of human disease from a 'one size fits all' approach to one of tailoring treatment to individual patients.
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Cosmic blast hunter SVOM to launch with optimal optics from Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/svom-mxt
Mission to find gamma ray bursts is latest to use technology from University of Leicester in x-ray optics
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Witnesses, wives, politicians, soldiers: the women of Waterloo
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2015/06/22/witnesses-wives-politicians-soldiers-the-women-of-waterloo/
Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on June 22, 2015 Witnesses, wives, politicians, soldiers: the women of Waterloo By Katherine Astbury Associate Professor and Reader of French at University of Warwick Visit The Last Stand: Napoleon’s 100 Days in 100 Objects: www.
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Conference to examine effectiveness of government drive to widen access to university
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/conference-to-examine-effectiveness-of-government-drive-to-widen-access-to-university
How can young people from disadvantaged backgrounds be encouraged to attend university and gain a higher education? This question will be discussed at our University's Widening Participation Summit on 21 March when university staff will report on new initiatives and...
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May Day early 19th century traditions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/may-day-early-19th-century-traditions
This article, written by Sarah Wood, was originally written for the Special Collections blog here Whilst many associate traditional celebrations of May Day with may poles and morris dancers, the University's Special Collections archive has been...
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Power at Work
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mn3111
Module code: MN3111 Many cliches come to mind when we think of power: "Power corrupts", "knowledge is power", "with great power, comes great responsibility".
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Power at Work
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mn3111
Module code: MN3111 Many cliches come to mind when we think of power: "Power corrupts", "knowledge is power", "with great power, comes great responsibility".
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Power at Work
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/mn3111
Module code: MN3111 Many cliches come to mind when we think of power: "Power corrupts", "knowledge is power", "with great power, comes great responsibility".
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Leicester responds to sector financial pressures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-responds-sector-financial-pressures
The University of Leicester has invited staff to share feedback on proposals to secure its long-term future, amid growing pressures on the Higher Education sector across the UK.