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• University of Leicester wins Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/30-the-award

  THE Award THE award win Professor Lisa Smith receives her THE Award for Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences|University receives Times Higher Education Award for a pioneering kit that enables victims of sexual violence to capture DNA evidence.

• Nixon Court Blocks F-K

  https://le.ac.uk/study/accommodation/search/nixon-court-blocks-f-to-k

  Nixon Court Blocks F-K are part of The City accommodation and just a five-minute walk from campus. The vibrant Clarendon Park area is just around the corner and there's a cinema, restaurants and Morrison’s store close by.

• Ronald Gordon Hodgson

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/ronald-hodgson

  It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ronald Gordon Hodgson, who died on 16 November 2025 at the age of 82.

• Innovation Festival launches at Space Park

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/innovation-festival

  Business leaders, influencers and innovators from across the region headed to Space Park Leicester for the launch of the 2024 Leicestershire Innovation Festival.

• Project to investigate genetic roots of resistance to anti-cancer therapy agents

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/project-to-investigate-genetic-roots-of-resistance-to-anti-cancer-therapy-agents

  The mechanisms that cause cancers to respond poorly to therapy are to be investigated in a project that commemorates and honours the work of an eminent Leicester geneticist.

• College House

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/college-house

  College House was built in 1872, and is perhaps most famous for being the childhood home of Sir David and Richard Attenborough. Find out more about its history.

• Leicester archaeology student shares passion for local history with fellow firefighters

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/dig-fire

  A watch manager in the Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is helping other firefighters in the region to get involved with archaeology.

• The Story of Pulque Part 3: Ritual and Power in Aztec Mexico – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/07/03/the-story-of-pulque-part-3-ritual-and-power-in-aztec-mexico/

  Project Principal Investigator Deborah Toner describes the importance of pulque in cultural, religious and political terms during the Aztec period in Mexico. Third part of the story of pulque

• The Criminal Corpse and the Competing Claims of Justice and Anatomy. By Richard Ward

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/12/21/richard-ward-the-criminal-corpse-and-the-competing-claims-of-justice-and-anatomy/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on December 21, 2015 The later eighteenth century represents a particular moment when the competing claims of anatomy and criminal justice fought for supremacy over the criminal corpse.

• Employment lecturer authors new report on Leicesters textile sector

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/employment-lecturer-authors-new-report-on-leicesters-textile-sector

  Dr Nik Hammer (pictured), Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Centre for Sustainable Work and Employment Futures in the School of Management - working with the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) - has authored a new report examining Leicester's textile sector.