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University life in the 1920s revealed through historical interview
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/university-life-in-the-1920s-revealed-through-historical-interview
A new project organised by our University is making a number of oral history interviews with people who lived during the 19th and 20th centuries available online.
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Botanic Garden family day is huge success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/botanic-garden-family-day-is-huge-success
The University Botanic Garden annual Plant Sale and Family Day took place on Sunday 1st July and once again it was a great success, attracting more than 1,500 people and raising more £7000.
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Volunteer Vlad is honoured for giving his time to others
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/psychology-student-volunteer-vlad-honoured
A University of Leicester student has been recognised for his exceptional commitment to volunteering.
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Man vs. machine: New Leicester research to compare human eye-tracking with AI in first study of its kind
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/eye-tracking
The human brain’s ability to track and process hazards will be pitted against an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) tool in a new interdisciplinary research study at the University of Leicester.
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Here we used to cross the river
https://le.ac.uk/research/images-of-research/laura-albertini
Laura Albertini, PhD Student has entered a piece entitled 'Here we used to cross the river'.
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Leicester researchers use satellites to tackle landfill methane leaks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/satellites-landfill-methane-leaks
Research team from the School of Physics and Astronomy and Space Park Leicester is testing how space-based technology can help find leaks and then assess whether repairs have worked
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New clues about why non-smokers, as well as smokers, develop chronic lung disease revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/25-copd
chest xray showing lungs|Researchers reveal findings that explain why some people who have never smoked develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Celebrating Leicester and Leicestershire as a prime destination for international students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/up-space
International partners from across the world gathered in Leicester this week to hear first-hand from regional leaders about why the county is one of the most attractive destinations for international students in the country.
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Museums as sanctuaries from hate?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2016/11/02/257/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on November 2, 2016 This morning I saw the front page of the Daily Mail (I’m not going to link to it. Google it if you must) as I walked past a news stand and it made me angry. Nothing new about that.
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Mapping project reveals 50 years of land use change along the coast
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/mapping-project-reveals-50-years-of-land-use-change-along-the-coast
One of the biggest mapping projects of the 20th century has been repeated fifty years on by the National Trust to understand how the way that land is used along the coast has changed since 1965.