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Vice-Chancellor speaks out on gender inequality in universities at international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/vice-chancellor-speaks-out-on-gender-inequality-in-universities-at-international-conference
Our President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has addressed the issue of gender inequality in universities at an international conference in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology to bring our past to life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/festival-of-leicestershire-and-rutland-archaeology-to-bring-our-past-to-life
Members of the public are invited to help bring our past to life by taking part in the UK’s largest archaeology festival and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than before.
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Elmer
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/primary/elmer
Learn more about the Elmer programme that we offer to primary school children.
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Leicester scientist reaches the final of BBC Astronauts competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-scientist-reaches-the-final-of-bbc-astronaut-competition
Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy will be competing in the sixth and final episode of ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?’ this Sunday on BBC Two at 8pm. Reaching the final of the televised competition has been a long and gruelling process.
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Statement on University of Leicester’s strategic plan
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/university-of-leicester-strategic-plan
The University of Leicester today outlined plans for a strategic case for change.
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James Webb Space Telescope makes first detection of heavy element from star merger
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/gamma-ray
Merger of neutron stars that generated an explosion that created a gamma-ray burst identified. Some of the rarest and most precious elements in nature are being produced by these very rare explosions.
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The need to forge new models of international partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/apollo-blog
Henrietta O’Connor shares the University of Leicester's international partnership model built on complementary areas of expertise, identifying shared aims, and finding areas of commonality.
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Women exposed to MWI emissions show small increase in breast milk pollutants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/mwi-emissions
Study involving Professor Anna Hansell, from the University of Leicester Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, analysed impact of emissions from municipal waste incinerators
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New programme partnership between Leicester and Apollo the first step in transforming global healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/apollo
A new programme partnership delivered by the University of Leicester and The Apollo University (TAU), part of the Apollo Hospitals Group, is the first official step to strengthen links with India and explore how collaborative education and research programmes can transform...
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The Rural Racism Project: Towards an Inclusive Countryside
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/research/the-rural-racism-project
The Centre for Hate Studies at the University of Leicester was awarded funding from the Leverhulme Trust to lead a major new study entitled The Rural Racism Project: Towards an Inclusive Countryside (2023–2025).