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• Study into German prisoners of war in Leicester after Second World War

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/study-into-german-prisoners-of-war-in-leicester-after-second-world-war

  Student Sue Bishop from the School of History is keen to hear from people with information about German prisoners of war who were held in Leicestershire camps during and after the Second World War for her third year undergraduate dissertation.

• Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 24

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/24/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Making mental health a priority

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/mental-health-week

  To mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has reaffirmed the University of Leicester’s commitment to student and staff mental health.

• Leicester leads report into stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-leads-report-into-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates-in-the-uk

  A research team led from the University of Leicester has identified large differences across the UK in the numbers and rates of babies who die, even after taking account of known factors that influence the rate of death such as poverty, mother’s age and ethnicity.

• Leading engineer to discuss steps towards a silent aircraft

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/leading-engineer-to-speak-on-the-next-generation-of-silent-aircraft

  Ways in which disruptive noise is being reduced by the next generation of aircrafts will be discussed by Professor Dame Ann Dowling CBE (pictured), President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cambridge during the...

• Permissible Beauty

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/permissible-beauty

  Permissible Beauty examines how beauty has been defined, hailed and perceived in the past and how this is reflected in – and shaped by – our nation’s heritage.

• Trailblazing rugby skipper and educator Floyd Steadman books Black History Month date at University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/floyd-steadman-black-history-month-university-leicester

  Trailblazing rugby captain, educator, and leader, Floyd Steadman OBE, will be in conversation at a Black History Month event at the University of Leicester.

• Leicester expert presents esteemed lecture on health determinants among ethnic minority groups

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/kamlesh-award

  An international award-winning University of Leicester professor has been selected to deliver a prestigious national lecture in recognition of his research on ethnic minority populations.

• French Language Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/23/french-language-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2018 French Language day was celebrated on 20 th March. Journée de la langue française is a day designated by the United Nations to celebrate multiculturalism and diversity.

• Midlands universities receive research awards to encourage collaboration and excellence in arts and humanities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/ahrc

  The University of Leicester is amongst only 50 universities to receive Doctoral Landscape Awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).