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Ethnic Elders collection
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/ethnic-elders
The Ethnic Elders collection is comprised of 19 interviews with members of various Asian communities in Leicester and conducted by the Ethnicity Research Centre in 1999. Get more information about the collection.
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Senate
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/senate
Senate is concerned with directing and regulating the academic life of the University, as the University’s principal ‘academic board’ and thereby custodian of the institution’s academic integrity.
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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.
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Political activism and disability in art
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/political-activism-and-disability-in-art
Our University's new gallery at the Attenborough Arts Centre is to stage its inaugural exhibition from Wednesday 18 November 2015 to 17 January 2016.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 28 May 3 June
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-28-may-3-june
John Williams from the Department of Sociology has written a piece for The Conversation on Sepp Blatter, who before recently resigning from his post was re-elected as FIFA President.
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University of Leicester offers students degree discounts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-of-leicester-offers-students-degree-discounts
The University of Leicester is making its university degrees more affordable.
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Leicester research cited in Parliament
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-research-cited-in-parliament
Excellent research from our University which has gone on to inform and shape Government reports has been cited in Parliament.
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University scientists study solar system formation using over 1200 alien worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-scientists-study-solar-system-formation-using-over-1-200-alien-worlds
Space scientists at the University are using groundbreaking new information about hundreds of newly discovered exoworlds to help them better understand the evolution of solar systems.
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Together Against Harassment
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/edi/against-harassment
Learn more about the Together Against Harassment project in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Leicester.
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Sami Zubaida
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida
We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.