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Study into common health condition compares surgery to less invasive treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/dupuytrens
Researchers from the University of Leicester have compared the effectiveness of surgery over a less invasive injection for the treatment of a common health condition
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University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies Finalist at Royal Television Society Awards 2024
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/harms-of-hate
The University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies was a finalist at the 2024 RTS Awards.
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University of Leicester welcomes extra guidelines to ensure best international student experience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/uk-agent
Ensuring international students enjoy the best experience possible when they arrive to study in the UK has led to the University of Leicester being one of the first to formally sign up to the new UK Agent Quality Framework.
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Businesses invited to unlock potential of neurodiverse talent
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/employ-autism
The University of Leicester is encouraging local businesses and organisations to help unlock the potential of autistic students and graduates.
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Leicester scientists set to visit schools as part of a mobile science lab designed to spark students’ interest in STEM subjects
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/curiosity-cube
A traveling mobile science lab developed and created by science and technology company Merck, is set to spark the interest of Leicestershire’s young people when it comes to visit
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Prestigious global award for School of Education academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/glenn-fulcher
Glenn Fulcher, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Assessment in the University of Leicester’s School of Education, is the 2021 recipient of the prestigious Messick Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to validation theory.
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Red squirrel and human leprosy link found at English medieval archaeological site
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/squirrel
New evidence from medieval archaeological sites shows that English red squirrels once served as an important host for Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) strains also responsible for leprosy in humans.
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Scientists to share science behind James Webb Space Telescope this half term
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/galaxies-assemble
Space scientists from the University of Leicester will demonstrate the cutting-edge science behind the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at the National Space Centre this October half term.
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University of Sanctuary
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/uni-of-sanctuary
A University of Sanctuary is an institution that 'offers good practice in welcoming asylum seekers and refugees into the university community and fostering a culture of welcome and inclusion for all.'
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Annual lectures
https://le.ac.uk/gge/events/annual-lecture
Find out more about the School's annual lectures in Geography and Geology (Bennett Lecture), given by distinguished speakers in their fields of research.