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University and local food and drink businesses to visit House of Commons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-and-local-food-and-drink-businesses-to-visit-house-of-commons
Our University and ten local food and drinks companies will be accompanying the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) to the House of Commons on Wednesday 12 October to demonstrate innovation and diversity of food and drink manufacturing in Leicestershire.
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LLEP rallies Government to support Charnwood Life Sciences Zone
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/llep-rallies-government-to-support-charnwood-life-sciences-zone
The Leicester & Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) is spearheading a campaign to ask the Government to support Charnwood Campus (the former Astra Zeneca site) near Loughborough as the UK’s first 'Life Sciences Opportunities Zone' (LSOZ).
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Thirteen things you may not know about black holes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/thirteen-things-you-may-not-know-about-black-holes
Today it has been announced that scientists who are part of the LIGO Collaboration have detected gravitational waves from black holes.
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University involved in launch of new earthquake display
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/university-involved-in-launch-of-new-earthquake-display
Visitors to museums in Leicester and Rutland will be able to jump and make their own earthquakes - when The Rt. Hon. Nicky Morgan, MP, Secretary of State for Education launched a new earthquake display at the New Walk Museum in Leicester on 12 February.
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Student profile: Niamh
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/student-profiles/niamh-esrc-midlands-grad
Niamh is studying on the Human Geography Pathway with the ESRC Midlands Graduate School. Read more about her experiences of studying a PhD at Leicester.
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Drugs legislation requires review, says academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/drugs-misuse-scarman-lecture
The main piece of legislation used to combat illegal drug use in the UK is no longer fit for purpose, according to a leading criminologist at the University of Leicester.
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Medical student takes part in The One Show’s Rickshaw Challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/26-medical-student-takes-part-in-rickshaw-challenge
Phoebe Avbulimen with Matt Baker doing the rickshaw challenge 1900|University of Leicester medical student Phoebe Avbulimen completes the Rickshaw Challenge for Children in Need On Friday 16 November 2018, University of Leicester medical student Phoebe Avbulimen,...
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Volumes
https://le.ac.uk/evelyn-waugh/about/volumes
Explore all 43 volumes of the new Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project with the University of Leicester. Find out more about the project and see the published volumes.
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The Roots of the British
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/related-projects/the-roots-of-the-british
The Impact of Diasporas programme has grown out the Roots of the British project. This project started as a small collaborative group interested in exploring how people from different disciplines could work together to create a more informed picture of the history of Britain.
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Harjinder Sembhi
https://le.ac.uk/people/harjinder-sembhi
Dr Harjinder Sembhi is a remote sensing scientist and lecturer in Earth Observation Science in the School of Physics and Astronomy. She leads the ALCI (Atmosphere–Land–Climate Impacts) research group, which investigates human influences on the land–atmosphere system.