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Friends of the school
https://le.ac.uk/education/about/friends
The principal aim of the Friends of the School of Education is to promote and support the educational achievement of children and young people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Find out how to get involved.
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Ten creative commissions
https://le.ac.uk/colonial-countryside/about/creative-commissions
The Colonial Countryside project has a partnership with Peepal Tree Press who have commissioned ten writers to write about each participating house in the project. Learn more about the commissioned writers and houses.
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Attenborough Arts Centre with the University of Leicester Presents: ‘Covid Changemakers: The Extra Mile’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/covid-changemakers
With the University of Leicester, Attenborough Arts Centre is proud to launch an exciting new exhibition.
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Expert opinions cover trust within cultures colour the Anthropocene and more
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/expert-opinions-cover-brexit-zimbabwe-trust-within-cultures-and-more
Professor Jo Brewis from our School of Business has explored the ways in which the gig economy is providing an insidious new means for women to be exposed to sexual harassment.
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Testimonials from Malaysian students
https://le.ac.uk/law/study/undergraduate/international/uk-law-degree-transfer/testimonials
Find out more about our Malaysian students’ experiences of studying with us.
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Award-winning University of Leicester film Harms of Hate revisited a decade on
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/harms-of-hate
University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies will revisit its award-winning short film The Harms of Hate, a decade on.
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Dennis Smith
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/dennis-smith
We have learned with sadness of the recent death of Professor Dennis Smith, who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1970s. Professor Smith passed away in February 2024.
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Leicester spearheads event to encourage more medical students from non-traditional backgrounds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-spearheads-event-to-encourage-more-medical-students-from-non-traditional-backgrounds
The Universities of Leicester and Nottingham are spearheading efforts to boost recruitment into the study of medicine by focusing on locations where young people have traditionally not applied for the subject.
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Artist to retype famous novel on a single sheet of paper
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/artist-to-retype-famous-novel-on-a-single-sheet-of-paper
Kingsley Amis’s celebrated novel ‘Lucky Jim’ will be retyped onto a single sheet of paper at the David Wilson Library between 7-14 March by an artist on a mission to retype one hundred classic novels at locations relevant to the authors’ lives.
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Space scientist to give talk on space exploration as Tim Peake embarks on his first spacewalk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/space-scientist-to-give-talk-on-space-exploration-as-tim-peake-embarks-on-his-first-spacewalk
As British astronaut Tim Peake takes his first steps outside the International Space Station, enthusiasts are invited to watch the historic event and listen to a talk by Professor John Bridges (pictured) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the...