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Famous names
https://le.ac.uk/english/about/famous-names
Learn more about some of the famous names associated with English at the University of Leicester, including Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis. Find out about some of our notable graduates.
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Calculations reveal Santa travels at 0.5% the speed of light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/21-calculations-reveal-how-quickly-santa-travels
Calculations reveal how quickly Santa travels Santa and reindeer|University of Leicester students have worked out just how fast Santa Claus has to travel to deliver all of his presents on time On Christmas Eve night, Santa Claus and his reindeer fly around the world...
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Presessional entry levels
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/presessional/entry-levels
Learn more about the entry requirements for the Presessional English Programme at the University of Leicester.
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Suzanne Watson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/suzanne-watson
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Anthony Pither
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/anthony-pither
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Anthony Pither, the University’s last Director of Music.
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Fellowship for rising star exploring distant worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/fellowship-for-rising-star-exploring-distant-worlds
A researcher from our University has been awarded a prestigious Winton Exoplanet Fellowship, which will see her conducting exciting new research into exoplanet systems.
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Unicorns to inspire the next space entrepreneurs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/2018unicorns2019-to-inspire-the-next-space-entrepreneurs
Some of the most ambitious and high value start-ups are likely to develop in space-related industries and the University of Leicester is showing student and graduate entrepreneurs how they could create their own ‘unicorn from space’.
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Students see immigration law in practice
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/students-see-immigration-law-in-practice
A group of law students recently had the opportunity to visit the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal in Birmingham, organised by Alan Desmond, lecturer and module convenor for undergraduate and postgraduate immigration law courses in the Law School.
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David Wilson Library changes for 2023-24
https://le.ac.uk/library/news/david-wilson-library-changes-for-2023-24
If you're returning to the David Wilson Library for the first time since the Summer, you will notice a few changes to areas of the building for the start of the academic year.
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Borrowing laptops
https://le.ac.uk/library/using/borrowing/laptop-loans
Learn more about borrowing a laptop from the university library. four hour loan laptops, forty eight hour loan laptops twenty eight day loan laptops requesting a laptop.