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Unique event with special guests celebrates 35th anniversary of DNA fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/07-dna35
Please note: this event is now sold out. A video recording of the event will be available online, via the University homepage, next week.
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Richard Float
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/richard-float
We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Richard Float, who worked in the Estates Division for more than thirty years, as Assistant Bursar and then Bursar. Richard passed away on 7 October 2024, aged 91.
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University of Leicester bestows award on world-leading pioneer of the nuclear industry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/university-leicester-bestows-award-pioneer-nuclear-industry
A pioneering figure in the nuclear industry has been recognised by the University of Leicester.
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What do I get?
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/fees-funding/what-do-i-get
What do you get for your tuition fee? Well, you get all this and more: Students’ Union The SU is the social hub of the university, providing space to meet, eat and relax, with more than 200 clubs and societies plus the UK's only on-campus O2 Academy.
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Supporting emerging talent from across the world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/supporting-emerging-talent-from-across-the-world
Research into protecting vulnerable children from developing mental health problems and how enslaved Africans became imperial asylum seekers in the 19th century will receive a boost from expertise at the University of Leicester.
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Women are more fairly funded in the social sciences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/women-are-more-fairly-funded-in-the-social-sciences
Accounting for academic position, women are as successful as men at winning grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and they receive grants that are actually slightly larger than those won by men.
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Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences
https://le.ac.uk/ggb
The Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester is renowned for the discovery of the technique of DNA fingerprinting and, more recently, for the identification of the bones of Richard III.
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Grants and papers
https://le.ac.uk/digitizing-reproduction/grants-and-papers
Grants, investigators, members and papers related to Digitising Reproduction.
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Nixon Court Blocks F-K
https://le.ac.uk/study/accommodation/search/nixon-court-blocks-f-to-k
Nixon Court Blocks F-K are part of The City accommodation and just a five-minute walk from campus. The vibrant Clarendon Park area is just around the corner and there's a cinema, restaurants and Morrison’s store close by.
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Qualifying as a barrister
https://le.ac.uk/law/study/careers/qualifying-as-barrister
You can progress to the vocational component of bar training after completing any LLB degree at Leicester. The vocational component is often called a ‘bar course’.