Search
-
Scholarship awardees share experiences of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/scholarship-awardees-share-experiences-of-leicester
The University's International Office organised a reception on 11 November for this year's recipients of three scholarship schemes for international students. The event was hosted by the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University Professor Paul Boyle.
-
Leicester professor launches UKs first aortic clinic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-professor-launches-uks-first-aortic-clinic
One of our Professors has developed the UK’s first aortic clinic helping patients in Leicestershire. Launched in November 2016, Leicester’s Glenfield Hospital is home to the UK’s first ‘aortic cardiology clinic’, diagnosing and assessing patients with aortic disease.
-
Workplace menopause study by Leicester academics finds women feel they need to cope alone
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/workplace-menopause-study-by-leicester-experts-finds-2018women-feel-they-need-to-cope-alone2019
A call for more menopause-friendly workplaces is made in a new Government report prepared by a team from our University.
-
Leicester ranked a top 3 UK progressive city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/top-3-city
Leicester has been named the UK’s third most progressive city for social and environmental issues, which is great news for the University of Leicester’s students and staff.
-
Simon Dixon
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/author/simon_dixon/
I am Archives and Special Collections Manager within the University Library. My role is to manage and develop the Library's and other University research collections and exploit digital technologies to reach new audiences for these collections.
-
Arts, culture and heritage
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/arts-culture
Our commitment to enrich and add value to the cultural vitality of the region is reflected by our myriad artistic and cultural activities. Discover our Attenborough Arts Centre and the University's Botanic Garden and Attenborough Arboretum.
-
The politics of comparison: writing a global history of punishment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/02/05/the-politics-of-comparison-writing-a-global-history-of-punishment/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on February 5, 2015 The Carceral Archipelago project faces enormous challenges in writing the history of punishment as global history.
-
Knowing where to look
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/knowing-where-to-look
Whilst nothing of the friary remains above ground today, its site has never actually been lost, despite one early map of Leicester, the 1610 Speed map, getting its location wrong.
-
Will Trump make nuclear war more likely? University of Leicester expert gives his view
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/trump-nuclear
An expert in global nuclear politics from the University of Leicester has warned Donald Trump’s presidential era could put more responsibility on the UK to lead on nuclear deterrence in Europe.
-
University of Leicester granted Freedom of the Borough by Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/freedom-of-borough
At an extraordinary meeting of full council on Tuesday 30 March, Oadby & Wigston Borough Council granted the University of Leicester Honorary Freedom of the Borough and bestowed the title of Honorary Freeman upon the University - the highest honour the Borough can bestow.