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News
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/current-news
Information about all of RCMG's current research projects and events can be found below.
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New perspectives on Middle East encouraged in relaunched journal
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/new-perspectives-on-middle-east-encouraged-in-relaunched-journal
A journal that offers new perspectives on debates within Middle Eastern Studies and challenges orthodoxies in the field has been relaunched at Leicester.
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Festival of Social Science
https://le.ac.uk/festival-social-science
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is pleased to present the Festival of Social Science.
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Students invited to take on the Miserchef challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/students-to-engage-in-miserchef-challenge
Students are to apply to take part in a ‘MiserChef’ competition as part of National Student Money Week from 9-13 February, where the idea is to demonstrate how you can have a healthy and nutritious meal on a tight budget.
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New report demonstrates impact of programme preparing refugees for academic life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/report-impact-programme-preparing-refugees-academic-life
The RefugEAP Programme supports refugee-background students aspiring to university in developing their English for academic settings using a trauma-informed approach, run as a unique joint collaboration between the University of Leicester and the University of Leeds
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Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/researchers-show-bacteriophages-can-affect-melioidosis-disease-acquisition
Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition|An international research team including Leicester researchers has developed a mathematical model for monitoring and...
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New Chair Elect for University Council
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/03-new-chair-elect-council
Gary Dixon has been appointed Chair-Elect of Council for the University of Leicester after a competitive and open recruitment process.
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Celebrating 35 years of DNA fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-celebrating-35-years-of-dna-fingerprinting
A brand new interview with Sir Alec Jeffreys IW2oSGB-MaE|At 9.05am on Monday 10 September 1984, a discovery in a laboratory at the University of Leicester changed the way criminal investigations were carried out.
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Leicester academic secures grant to research technological advancements in UK energy system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-academic-secures-grant-to-research-technological-advancements-in-uk-energy-system
A researcher at the University has secured a grant worth £459,000 for a project which will explore the vast potential of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).
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Scientists pour cold water on claim British rivers are ‘cleanest since Industrial Revolution’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/river-water-quality
Scientists and charities have poured cold water on recent claims that water quality in British rivers is “better than at any time since the end of the Industrial Revolution”.