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Fire, flood, winds and earthquakes: satellite imagery reveals damage wrought by changing climate
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/climate-satellite-imagery
Earth observation scientists in Leicester release new series of images that paint a picture of our climate vulnerability, released to coincide with COP28
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Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs
In 2018 the Vibrant Oceans group identified 50 reefs that are most likely to resist and survive climate change. The habitats are located largely in the Pacific and Indian oceans, with further reefs in the Caribbean and east of Africa.
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BHM 2020: We are black history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/bhm-2020-we-are-black-history
The month-long celebrations will be used as a springboard to launch a longer-term campaign led by the University to celebrate Black history and culture throughout the year.
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Student work, skills and achievement
https://le.ac.uk/history/study/undergraduate/student-work
History students at the University of Leicester attain a range of skills over the course of their studies. This page highlights some of our students' skills and achievements.
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Worcestershire Archives Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/09/16/worcestershire-archives-collections/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on September 16, 2021 As a regional hub for the UOSH project the team at the University of Leicester has worked with collections from institutions across the Midlands.
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University to host 70th Leicester Conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/university-to-host-70th-leicester-conference
The Leicester Conference is due to be held at a University of Leicester venue for the 70th time. The conference has been hosted on a university site every year since its inception in 1957, the same year that the university was also granted its Royal Charter.
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National education leader joins University of Leicester’s governing body
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/mary-curnock-cook
A leading national figure in Higher Education has joined the University of Leicester’s governing body to help it shape its future direction.
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Economics professor discusses research into what makes people vote in elections
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/economics-professor-discusses-research-into-what-makes-people-vote-in-elections
Professor Eyal Winter from the School of Business has been featured in a ScienceNews article discussing how voter turnout increases when polling numbers are close. Research conducted by Professor Winter and colleagues in 2006 looked at U.S. gubernatorial races from 1990 to 2005.
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University of Leicester to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/holocaust-memorial-day
The University of Leicester and Leicester Museums and Galleries have teamed up to produce a programme of events for Holocaust Memorial Day.
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Nationwide strikes start across UK universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/20-strike-info
National strike action across higher education institutions starts again today, after members of the University and College Union (UCU) voted in favour of action relating to changes to the USS pension scheme, pay and conditions.