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• Local Politics in Leicester During the 1890s

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/04/29/local-politics-in-leicester-during-the-1890s/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2015 ‘The Wyvern Smiles’ from ‘The Wyvern’, (Leicester, 20 November 1891).

• The grass is greener where new University artwork can be found

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/the-grass-is-greener-where-new-university-artwork-can-be-found

  One man went to mow, quite literally, to create a stunning new outdoor art installation for the Attenborough Arts Centre, the University of Leicester’s arts centre. During the bright days of summer, the task of mowing the lawn is considered by most to be an inevitable chore.

• Politicians and media fuel hate crime in Britain say experts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/2018politicians-and-media-fuel-hate-crime-in-britain-2019-say-experts

  Professor Neil Chakraborti and Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, from our Centre for Hate Studies, say the ‘toxic climate’ surrounding the EU referendum debate has helped to ‘embolden’ people to target those they regard as ‘different’ or ‘foreign’.

• Cutting corners results in rare genetic diseases being undiagnosed, say scientists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/genetic-diseases

  Inaccurate naming of genetic diseases is resulting in some rare genetic diseases needlessly being undiagnosed, scientists from the University of Leicester warn

• UCEA announces Professor Nishan Canagarajah as new chair

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/ucea-announces-professor-nishan-canagarajah-chair

  University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has been appointed chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA).

• Writer as Intellectual and Physical Drifter: Dr Rob M Francis reflects on his role as David Bradshaw

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/07/03/writer-as-intellectual-and-physical-drifter-dr-rob-m-francis-reflects-on-his-role-as-david-bradshaw-creative-writer-in-residence-and-two-of-his-favourite-oxford-sites/

  Posted by gboland in Waugh and Words on July 3, 2019   It’s been an absolute pleasure to be the inaugural full time David Bradshaw Writer in Residence. I’ve been thrilled in so many ways and by so many aspects of this amazing project.

• Leicester plays key role in BBC Secret Life of Sue Townsend Aged 68 programme

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/the-secret-life-of-sue-townsend-aged-68-3-4

  Our University has played a key role in a new BBC programme on honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sue Townsend, who died in 2014.

• Space Park Leicester - have your say

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/space-park-leicester-have-your-say

  The public is being invited to help shape the future of space development in Leicester. A consultation session is being held on Thursday 7 June, between 3pm and 7:30pm, for Space Park Leicester - a science park focused on the space and space-enabled industries.

• Is it possible to cry a river?

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/is-it-possible-to-cry-a-river-after-tottenhams-defeat-leicester-research-examines-plausibility-of-shedding-enough-tears-to-form-a-river

  Musicians Arthur Hamilton, Justin Timberlake and unsympathetic people across the world have encouraged others to ‘cry me a river’, a put-down phrase to make light of people’s problems.

• Digitally General: why digital is not always the answer

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/10/12/digitally-general-why-digital-is-not-always-the-answer/

  Posted by bcox in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 12, 2018 Making something digital does not always make it better. Why? It not the digital itself that it actually the issue.