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Do we face a DisUnited Kingdom
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/do-we-face-a-dis-united-kingdom
Politics experts from the Department of Politics and International Relations will be holding a free public ‘Question Time’-like roundtable discussion on the future of British politics in the wake of the 2015 General Election results on Thursday 14 May.
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Richard IIIs story to be told to Leicesters schoolchildren
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/richard-iii2019s-story-to-be-told-to-leicester2019s-schoolchildren
Thousands of schoolchildren all over the city of Leicester will be learning about the story of Richard III as part of the University’s mission to bring the king to the classroom.
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Medical student with stammer makes national appeal to raise awareness
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/phoebe-avbulim-bbc-lifeline-stammer
University of Leicester Medical student Phobe Avbulim has appeared on BBC’s Lifeline appeal programme, presented by actor Colin Firth, to talk about her stammer
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Panopto lecture capture
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/teaching/panopto
Since Autumn term 2016, the University of Leicester has implemented "Reflect," a lecture capture system which automatically records lectures based on timetabling information and also allows manually-implemented recordings.
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Latin Beginners (Level 1)
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/latin/level-1
Latin course for beginners at Leicester University
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University of Leicester heart research receives £7 million funding boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/bhf-award
The British Heart Foundation has awarded £3 million to the University of Leicester (BHF) to support its world-class cardiovascular disease research over the next five years
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Inclusive family sports day to raise awareness of eye condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/inclusive-family-sports-day-to-raise-awareness-of-eye-condition
The University will be hosting an event to introduce sports for people with reduced vision and to raise awareness of the eye condition Nystagmus on Sunday 1 November.
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Working together towards active inclusion within surgery
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-voices/amardeep-sidki-policy
Amardeep Sidki reflects on working together towards active inclusion within surgery, and changing local policy around the Sikh Kara bangle
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Leicester researcher wins Silver Award in House of Commons competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-researcher-wins-silver-award-in-house-of-commons-competition
Riya George, a researcher at University of Leicester won Silver at a competition in the House of Commons, for the excellence of her biology research, walking away with a £2,000 prize.
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Better peatland management could cut half a billion tonnes of carbon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/peatland-emissions-nature
However, because large populations rely on these peatlands for their livelihoods, it may not be realistic to expect all agricultural peatlands to be fully returned to their natural condition in the near future.