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Financial Economics and Banking BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/financial-economics-and-banking-bsc/2026
At Leicester’s School of Business you’ll study a broad range of topics across banking and finance and learn to apply economic theory in financial contexts.
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First delivery to our University of high-tech glass plates to be used to discover the birth of new black holes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/first-delivery-to-our-university-of-high-tech-glass-plates-to-be-used-to-discover-the-birth-of-new-black-holes
Our University is providing a new type of X-ray mirror to the French space agency, CNES, for the Chinese-French satellite ‘SVOM’ which is designed to discover and study Gamma-Ray Bursts from newly formed black holes.
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Celebrating ethnic diversity event recognises inspirational figures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/celebrating-ethnic-diversity-event-to-recognise-inspirational-figures
Updated, 3 November: Photo gallery now online Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) members of staff were recognised for being nominated by their colleagues as an inspirational person in their area of work at a ‘Celebrating Ethnic Diversity at Leicester’ event on Friday 16 October.
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Leicester celebrates century of surrealism this October
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/surrealism
University of Leicester's Dr Madeleine Chalmers will host a Surrealist Soiree at Phoenix Cinema later this month
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Lord Sugar hails Leicester medic’s campaign to rename condition to avoid fatal mix-ups
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/diabetes-insipidus-avp-d-sugar
A Leicester medic has successfully campaigned to change the name of a rare but potentially fatal condition, with the backing of businessman and TV personality Lord Sugar.
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Leicester University Community First Responders
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/first-responders
Leicester University Community First Responders (LUCFR) are trained student volunteers who travel around the city – in partnership with the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) – to provide potentially life-saving medical treatment to 999 emergency patients.
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Study routes
https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/routes
Find out about the routes available when training to be a teacher with the University of Leicester. You can apply to our University-led courses or to one of our School Direct or School-Centred Initial Teacher Training partners.
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tribute
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/jean-humphreys/tribute
Via, veritas, vita. A tribute to Jean Humphreys During several of our visits to see Jean when she was in the Nursing Home, she said to me in her inimitable Scottish way ‘I want you to preach me out’.
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Nick Cummins achieves double sporting success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-nick-cummins-leicester-tigers-wheelchair-rugby-quad-nations
Nick Cummins|Sports scholar Nick Cummins wins league with Leicester Tigers Wheelchair Rugby Team and gets selected for Great Britain.
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Chang’e 5: China launches Sample Return Mission to the Moon
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/26/change-5-china-launches-sample-return-mission-to-the-moon/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 November 2020 Professor John Bridges reports on the successful launch of a new Chinese mission to return samples from the Moon, in this blog post reprinted from The Conversation .