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• Research suggests most hate crimes against LGB and T victims go unreported

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-suggests-most-hate-crimes-against-lgb-and-t-victims-go-unreported

  Fear of how they will be treated is leading to thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGB and T) not reporting hate crimes.

• Inclusive Collections

  https://le.ac.uk/library/about/policies/inclusive-collections

  Our Collections Development Strategy states that ‘we will create an inclusive and diverse collection that supports learning and research’.

• Study aims to tackle overprescribing across England

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/medication-review

  A £2.4 million study led by the University of Leicester is underway to reduce the amount of unnecessary or inappropriate medications prescribed to older patients

• Vulnerability Studies Network

  https://le.ac.uk/vulnerability-studies/vulnerability-studies-network

  The interdisciplinary Vulnerability Studies Network brings together early career scholars from the UK, Canada, and beyond to discuss how the term ‘vulnerability’ is used in different disciplinary and non-academic contexts.

• Sir David Samworth

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/sir-david-samworth

  The University has learned, with regret, of the death of local businessman Sir David Samworth, Honorary Graduate and generous donor. Born in Birmingham, David Samworth was educated at Uppingham School in Rutland.

• Spatial Imaginaries of Jamaican Organised Crime

  https://le.ac.uk/dons-yardies-posses/events/workshop-2

  Find out more about the Spatial Imaginaries of Jamaican Organised Crime workshop, held for the Dons, Yardies and Posses: Representations of Jamaican Organised Crime' project.

• Legacy of Smigielski on post-war central Leicester to be explored in symposium

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/smigielski-symposium-to-explore-planning-of-post-war-central-leicester

  Our University will be holding a symposium in partnership with the Leicester City Council on town planning and the historic environment in the post-war era since the 1960s.

• Jude

  https://le.ac.uk/study/citizens/jude

  Learn more about Jude, one of our 'Citizens in the making' at Leicester.

• New training set to support more children born prematurely and their families

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/premature-birth-training-smallest-things

  A new online module created with the help of Leicester experts, ‘Supporting children and families in the pre-school’ years, has been released to increase awareness and understanding within early years staff of the impact of premature birth on children and their families.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 21 April

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-15-21-april

  Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an opinion piece for The Conversation about a sexology conference she visited hosted by the Wellcome Trust - and her mixed reaction to what was exhibited.