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Speaker biographies
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/medical-schools-uk-edi-meeting/speaker-biographies
Keynote address: Equality and Equity: reflections on language, assumptions and actions Professor Nisreen Alwan Professor Nisreen Alwan is a Professor of Public Health at the University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant in Public Health at University Hospital...
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News and events
https://le.ac.uk/arts/news
Take a look at what's happening in the School of Arts at Leicester. Browse University and national news, or find stories published directly by our School of Arts team.
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Crusading in the Fifteenth Century
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/crusading-in-the-fifteenth-century
Professor Norman Housley has recently been awarded two grants by the Leverhulme Trust for research into the Crusades and their impact on Europe in the pre-Reformation period. The grants complement one another.
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Dr Kees Straatman
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/contact/kees-straatman
Learn more about the manager of the Advanced Imaging Facility in the Core Biotechnology Services, Dr Kees Straatman.
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University of Leicester partners with Bluesky International to revolutionise tree mapping technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/partner-bluesky-international-revolutionise-tree-mapping-technology
A new Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) will enhance Bluesky’s National Tree Map
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UK’s poorest students set to benefit most from university redesign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/poorest-students
Young people from the poorest parts of the UK are primed to benefit most as universities scramble to offer safe education as they emerge from the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Leicester researchers shed new light on extragalactic event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/researchers-shed-light-extragalactic-event
University of Leicester scientists discover that a Fast X-ray Transient (FXT) called EP250108a is the result of a massive star exploding.
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Higher Education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-mutations-and-cancer/higher-education
Cancers are responsible for millions of death every year. The study of cancer biology is therefore one of the largest areas of scientific interest. Cancer cells develop specific hallmarks through a series of mutations in both oncogenes and tumour-suppressor genes.
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University hosts prestigious ophthalmic genetics conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/ophthalmology-conference-leicester-clinicians
Ophthalmic clinicians, geneticists and researchers gathered at the University of Leicester this week for the UK Eye Genetics Group (UKEGG) national conference, one of the most prominent meetings in the field of inherited eye disease in UK
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What makes some people simply able to carry on in the face of adversity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/what-makes-some-people-simply-able-to-2018carry-on2019-in-the-face-of-adversity
The ability to ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ could explain why some people suffer less depression and anxiety when faced with adversity, research has discovered.