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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.
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Speaking out against hate crime at Police event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/speaking-out-against-hate-crime-at-police-event
Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy from the University’s Centre for Hate Studies will be joining a panel discussion about hate crime, alongside the Police Crime Commissioner for Leicester and the mother of hate crime victim Sophie Lancaster.
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Centre offers organisations a route to sustainable success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/centre-organisations-sustainable-success
The University of Leicester has assembled a team of experts devoted to helping organisations become more sustainable.
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Lecturer curates video exhibition in Argentina and Brazil
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/lecturer-curates-video-exhibition-in-argentina-and-brazil
A new video exhibition curated by a lecturer from our School of Modern Languages will explore the world 'between languages' at venues in Brazil and Argentina.
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University delivers English language training to nurses
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/cite-uhl
The University of Leicester’s Centre for International Training and Education (CITE) has been working with University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) to deliver English language training for a small group of its overseas trained nurses.
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Expert opinions cover language the sink estate strategy black holes Poland and the solar system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/expert-opinions-cover-language-the-sink-estate-strategy-black-holes-pornstar-shaming-and-the-solar-system
Dr Saeeda Shah from the School of Education has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing David Cameron's latest announcements on language-learning.
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Hijacking of religious symbols by extremists intensifies rifts and tensions suggests academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018hijacking2019-of-religious-symbols-by-extremists-intensifies-rifts-and-tensions-suggests-academic
The ‘hijacking’ of religious symbols – such as beards, clothing and phrases - by extremists sullies their original use and intensifies rifts and tensions, according to Dr Saeeda Shah (pictured) from the School of Education.
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Literary Leicester 2015 returns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/literary-leicester-2015-line-up-announced
The line-up of authors and special guests attending Literary Leicester 2015, who will be delivering a range of exciting and stimulating sessions to audiences, has been revealed. Literary Leicester is among the city’s leading annual festivals of the written and spoken word.
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Reflections on my Professional Fellowship: Part Two
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/08/14/reflections-on-my-professional-fellowship-part-two/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on August 14, 2025 In February 2024, I was awarded a Professional Fellowship from The National Archives and Research Libraries UK Professional Fellowship Scheme, 2024-2025.
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Centre for Hate Studies secures record grant for student harassment research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/hate-studies
A major study that will examine harassment against university students in England has secured a record amount of funding for the University of Leicester’s College of Social Science, Arts and Humanities.