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Universities call on communities to shape research to solve real-life problems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-universities-communities-research-solve-real-life-problems
Community organisations across Leicester and Leicestershire are being offered the chance to steer university research.
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LGBT Rights Activism at the United Nations and the Geopolitics of Sexuality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/05/18/lgbt-rights-activism-at-the-united-nations-and-the-geopolitics-of-sexuality/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on May 18, 2023 By Calogero Giametta Lecturer in Criminology LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) rights are divisive and prone to instrumentalisation, nationally and globally.
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How do we put the ‘Public Health’ into Violence Reduction?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/09/28/how-do-we-put-the-public-health-into-violence-reduction/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on September 28, 2023 Matt Hopkins – Associate Professor and Violence Hub Lead, Centre for Hate Studies Public health approaches to violence reduction are very much in vogue.
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Incunabula in Special Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/04/10/incunabula-in-special-collections/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 10, 2014 For a University the size and age of Leicester the Library has a surprising rich collection of incunabula (books printed before 1501).
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If tomorrow never comes.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/02/07/if-tomorrow-never-comes/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on February 7, 2018 This blog post is dedicated to the man who stepped out in front of my car as I drove to work this morning.
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The Grey Friars – a brief history
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/grey-friars-history
The history of the Grey Friars site from its beginnings in 1224 to the thing it is best known for - Richard III’s burial in the church choir in 1485.
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40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/patterns-temperature-jupiter
An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiter’s upper troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere where the giant planet’s weather occurs and where its signature colourful...
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Digging Out the Past – the legacy of Alan McWhirr
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/06/13/digging-out-the-past-the-legacy-of-alan-mcwhirr/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on June 13, 2019 Alan McWhirr in a field. The first collection we have finished digitising for the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project is a monthly radio series about archaeology, Digging Out the Past.
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The Sweet and Twenties
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/08/20/the-sweet-and-twenties/
A review of Beverley Nichols' memoir The Sweet and Twenties
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Citizens of Change: University of Leicester to spark national dialogue at Labour Party Conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/national-dialogue-labour-party-conference
Five events organised by the University will take place at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on Monday 29 September