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Licences
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/legislative-responsibilities/licences
The University of Leicester holds three licences with the Home Office in order to carry out testing and research on animals.
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TV stardom for the worst singer on campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/tv-stardom-for-the-worst-singer-on-campus
There are many talented singers at the University of Leicester, from LU Voices to the Chamber Choir to the Band and Gig Society – but Mike Simpson isn’t one of them.
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Student accolades
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/wellcome-trust-dtp/accolades
Find out more about some of our students’ achievements. Lorna Wheaton Lorna won First Place Poster Prize at the Royal Statistical Society conference in September 2023 and published her first paper in February 2024.
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Alumna wins top science writers award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/alumna-wins-top-science-writers-award
A Leicester graduate has won an Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) award for 'Best News Item' for her story about an ancient shipwreck victim.
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Space telescope researcher sets her sights on Parliament
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/space-telescope-researcher-sets-her-sights-on-parliament
MPs will get an insight into the future of space-based telescopes when a Leicester scientist presents her work into x-ray optics.
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An Academic Career – the ambition of every postgraduate researcher?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2015/04/16/an-academic-career-the-ambition-of-every-postgraduate-researcher/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on April 16, 2015 So you are doing a PhD? Why? In career management terms we find that PhD researchers can be categorosed in one of four ways, in terms of their reasons for doing a PhD. These are: 1.
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Michelle Spiteri-Bailey
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/msb46/
The Rise of Sustainability Reporting Posted by Michelle Spiteri-Bailey in School of Business Blog on February 12, 2014 Michelle Spiteri-Bailey, PhD Student and recent award winning essayist at the School, insists that the rise in Business Ethics and Stakeholder Theory will...
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University of Leicester provides outstanding teacher training, says Ofsted
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/teacher-training
Ofsted, the government inspector of educational institutions has concluded that University of Leicester's initial teacher training courses are of the highest standard.
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Leicester sports sociologist examines the making of British football
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/john-williams-book
The history of British football and its people is the subject of a book from University of Leicester sports sociologist, John Williams.
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Secrets of rare Iron Age cauldrons revealed through archaeological investigation and replica creation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/iron-age-cauldrons-archaeological-replica
Detailed laboratory examination and analysis of the fragile 2,400 year old cauldrons has revealed new information of their manufacture and long-term maintenance and have been used to create a full-sized replica cauldron