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What we collect
https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/enhance/what-we-collect
How we collect and what we are looking to add to the University of Leicester Archives and Special Collections.
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Ways to give
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/areas/join-the-fight/ways-to-give
Make a single gift Set up a regular gift Give by bank transfer Give by post Your gift will protect lives from deadly snakes in rural areas of Odisha.
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Chinese artist and activist to host lecture and discussion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/chinese-artist-and-activist-to-host-lecture-and-discussion
On Thursday 16 November our School of Museum Studies will welcome the eminent artist, Ou Ning, to discuss his project exploring the imbalances between cities and the countryside in China.
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Survey ranks Leicester among most cost effective universities at which to study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/survey-ranks-leicester-among-most-cost-effective-universities-to-study-at
A new survey that compares study-related expenses at universities includes the University of Leicester among the fifteen least expensive universities. The Daily Telegraph has reported on research conducted by the comparison website GoCompare.
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Leicester academic heads judging panel to land robot on the moon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-academic-heads-judging-panel-to-land-robot-on-the-moon
An academic from our University has been elected to Chair a judging panel in a global $30 million prize competition to land a robot on the moon.
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Book on British spy fiction receives prestigious award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/book-on-british-spy-fiction-receives-prestigious-award
Dr Alan Burton, Honorary Visiting Fellow in History of Art and Film from our School of Arts, has recently been awarded an Outstanding Reference Source Award by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) for his recent publication on British spy fiction.
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New online resource for local historians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/new-online-resource-for-local-historians
A new website makes available all the PhD theses completed by students at the Centre for English Local History. The collection comprises 100 theses covering subjects from medieval moats to hunting in Northamptonshire.
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Research resources
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/research/resources
The University of Leicester holds excellent research resources for medieval studies, such as the significant collection of manuscripts and rare books held in the University Library. Find out more about these available resources.
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Researchers create ‘Covid computer’ to speed up diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/covid-computers
The new research has been published in the Wiley Open Access journals – one of the most established publishers featuring peer-reviewed original research across a broad range of scientific disciplines.
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When does colder mean hotter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/explaining-the-increasing-temperature-of-cooling-granular-gases
Professor Nikolai Brilliantov from our Department of Mathematics has developed a theory to explain ‘heating by cooling’, where the temperature of a granular gas increases while the total energy drops down - a peculiar phenomenon which can be observed both on Earth...