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Rare chariot fittings from the Iron Age are among fascinating items in brand new exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/burrough-hill-exhibition
University archaeologist curates an exhibition of finds from Breedon Hill and Burrough Hill, including objects excavated by University of Leicester Archaeological Services
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Landmark study reveals hidden frailty crisis in young heart attack patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/heart-attack-frailty-health-risk-leicester
Researchers in Leicester have uncovered a major blind spot in the way doctors assess future health risk in young adults who suffer a heart attack.
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The “Pains of Imprisonment”: an historical sociology of penal transportation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/11/11/the-pains-of-imprisonment-an-historical-sociology-of-penal-transportation/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 11, 2016 A few years ago, the eminent scholar of the Russian Gulag , Professor Judith Pallot , challenged me to consider the relevance of the sociology of incarceration as a means of understanding convict...
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SensusAccess - convert e-files to a format that suits you
https://le.ac.uk/library/sensus
What is SensusAccess? SensusAccess is a self-service cloud based re-formatting tool. Students and staff can convert an electronic document to an alternative format. Once converted, the accessible document is sent back to your University email inbox in minutes.
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Using other libraries
https://le.ac.uk/library/using/using-other-libraries
Information about using other university libraries in the UK.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/133/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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US Elections 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/02/us-elections-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2016 Political Bots: are they manipulating the USA Presidential elections? An interesting project on digital politics and algorithms which is considering how the use of automated...
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Stories of a Different Kind
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/stories-of-a-different-kind
Stories of a Different Kind was developed to engage the public in a reassessment of widely held assumptions surrounding disability.
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Chemistry BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/chemistry-bsc/2026
Discoveries in chemistry can lead to all kinds of breakthroughs in fields like health and medicine, energy and the environment, technology and materials – to name just a few.
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Review outlines methods to estimate life expectancy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/life-expectancy
Five key methods have been explored by Leicester researchers to calculate life expectancy and the life years lost due to disease and illness.