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  • 27000 project to preserve Leicesters postwar memories

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/ps27-000-project-to-preserve-leicesters-post-war-memories

    The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA), based in the Centre for Urban History at our University, has received £27,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a project that will record memories of the period 1945-1962 in Leicester and Leicestershire.

  • Chilcot How the Iraq war has led to a rise in extremism and fatally undermined the European Union

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/chilcot-how-the-iraq-war-has-led-to-a-rise-in-extremism-and-2018fatally-undermined2019-the-european-union

    The Iraq war still scars us today, leading to a rise in extremism and ‘fatally undermining’ the European Union, according to Dr Robert Dover (pictured) from the Department of Politics and International Relations.

  • Dr Sylvia Pinches

    https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/people/sylvia-pinches

    Dr Sylvia Pinches received her doctorate in 2001, and has since held a number of posts, including as a researcher for the Compton Verney House Trust and as a curator at 78 Derngate, Northampton.

  • Femicide census

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/20/femicide-census/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 20, 2015 The first UK census of women killed by men (2009-2013) was released by Women’s Aid last week.

  • Does social media make you happy or unhappy?

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/20/does-social-media-make-you-happy-or-unhappy/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 20, 2019 This week the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Inquiry: “ Managing the Impact of Social Media on Young People’s  Mental...

  • Latest Professorial Inaugural Lectures explore cardiovascular research

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/latest-professorial-inaugural-lectures-explore-cardiovascular-research

    Academics from the University's Department of Cardiovascular Sciences will discuss their research in the latest Professorial Inaugural Lectures taking place on Tuesday 2 May.

  • No smoking matter 15 cigarettes in 75 minutes in a car could render you unconscious

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/no-smoking-matter-smoking-for-75-minutes-in-a-car-could-render-you-unconscious

    It was announced earlier this month that drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their cars from October if they are carrying children as passengers.

  • Author Edna OBrien to explore the writers craft

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/author-edna-obrien-to-explore-the-writers-craft

    Award-winning author and playwright Edna O’Brien will be discussing the craft of writing at the free public 4th Annual Creative Writing Lecture on Thursday 7 May, taking place at 6:00pm in the Rattray Lecture Theatre.

  • Medicine and biosciences

    https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/expertise/medicine-science-technology/medicine-biosciences

    We collaborate with health professionals locally, nationally and internationally in our pursuit of excellence in biomedical research. We engage in a broad spectrum of biomedical science.

  • Extraordinary artist to be celebrated at literary festival

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/extraordinary-artist-to-be-celebrated-at-literary-festival

    The eighth Literary Leicester festival is to celebrate the ‘extraordinary contribution to British art’ of a Leicester artist and writer at an event discussing the life and work of Leicester artist and writer Rigby Graham.

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