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Space Park Leicester organisations unite to lead UK Earth Observation Conference 2026
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/space-park-leicester-uk-earth-observation-conference-2026
Showcasing the latest developments in Earth observation science, applications and innovation from 15–17 September 2026
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Why the universal age-happiness ‘U-shape’ is a myth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/u-shape-happiness
New research shows that happiness often does not increase as people get older.
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Leicester postgraduate students bring the story of WW1 African soldiers to light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-postgraduate-students-bring-the-story-of-ww1-african-soldiers-to-light
Two postgraduate students from our University have been heavily involved with a community research and exhibition project that explores the legacy of African soldiers in the First World War.
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My experience with moving from Industry to doing a PhD by Ritika Shukla
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2021/01/07/my-experience-with-moving-from-industry-to-doing-a-phd-by-ritika-shukla/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on January 7, 2021 I graduated with a degree in Aerospace Engineering MEng from the University of Leicester back in 2015.
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Peniche Fado
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/11/10/peniche-fado/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on November 10, 2014 During a recent trip to Portugal I took the chance to visit the fortress of Peniche, situated on the rocky coast in the homonymous village, approximately one hundred kilometres north of Lisbon.
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Identifying clues to the position and orientation of the buildings
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/position-of-buildings
The team found important clues to which part of the friary had been found because the benches they found would be the chapter house, which normally projected from the eastern side of a cloister, making the corridor or building joining it in Trench 2 part of the eastern...
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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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shOUT
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/shout
sh[OUT] was the title for the fourth social justice programme in 2009, promoting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) human rights.
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Rethinking Disability Representation in Museums and Galleries
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/rethinking-disability-representation
Rethinking Disability Representation in Museums and Galleries (RDR) developed new approaches to the interpretation of disability in museums and galleries.
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Study at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/study-abroad/christchurch
Find out about how Geology students at the University of Leicester can take part in an exchange degree which involves spending the third year of a four-year MGeol degree at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.