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Leicester in UK top 10 cities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-in-uk-top-10-cities
Our city ranks in the UK top 10 according to PwC’s Good Growth for Cities index 2017 published this week. Leicester is ranked ninth in the UK- and third in terms of most improved from last year.
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Leicester health expert discusses how to slash Type 2 diabetes risk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-health-expert-discusses-how-to-slash-type-2-diabetes-risk
Professor Kamlesh Khunti (pictured) from the Diabetes Research Centre has been featured in the front page story of today’s edition of the Daily Express (19 July 2017) discussing ways in which we can slash our risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
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Memories of Diana Princess of Wales
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/memories-of-diana-princess-of-wales
The Leicester Mercury has looked back at the visit Diana, Princess of Wales, made to the University just three months before she died.
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Geology with Palaeontology BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/geology-with-palaeontology-bsc/2026
Life. Evolution. Extinction. They might be huge concepts, but you can easily break them down through the lens of palaeontology. If you love fossils, and what they can tell us, this geology degree is for you.
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Exhibition brings Leicester’s Second World War voices to life to mark VE Day’s 80th anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/website-leicester-second-world-war-voices-ve-day-80th-anniversary
The voices of Leicester people who lived through the Second World War can now be heard on a website launched in time for the 80th anniversary of VE Day (Thursday 8 May 2025).
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Clearing 2024: Missing out on first choice university turned out to be a blessing for Charlotte
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/clearing-charlotte
For Charlotte Gallo not getting the grades she needed to her first choice university turned out to be a blessing as she joined the University of Leicester's Psychology course instead
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research
Archaeology and Ancient History at Leicester has long been in the vanguard of both archaeology and ancient history research in the UK.
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Policy and practice
https://le.ac.uk/gem/policy
We have a wide range of collaborations and contacts with local, national and international leaders in the field.
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COVID-19 hit businesses set to benefit from University of Leicester's business expertise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/leicester-business-covid
Small and medium businesses affected by COVID-19 in Leicester are to benefit from the expertise of one of the Midlands’ top business schools, as part of a £20million government package to help small businesses recover from the impact of COVID-19 in the long term.
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Memorial service remembers donors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/memorial-body-donation-leicester
A memorial service for those who bequeathed their bodies to Leicester Medical School has taken place.