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The University of Leicester (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / ⓘ LEST-ər) is a public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park . The university's predecessor, University College, Leicester , gained university status in 1957.
Chris Allen, British sociologist and associate professor at the Centre for Hate Studies at the University of Leicester; Penelope Allison, Professor of Archaeology; Lyman Andrews, American Studies; Isobel Armstrong, scholar of nineteenth-century poetry and women's writing; Graeme Barker, Disney Professor of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
The University of Leicester — a leading research university based in Leicester, East Midlands, England. The main campus is about a mile from the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College .
The Red Trilogy includes the Engineering Building, University of Leicester (1959–1963), the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge (1964–1967), and the Florey Building, The Queen's College, Oxford (1966–1971). James Stirling and James Gowan worked together on the design for the Engineering Building.
Sarah Gabbott is a palaeobiologist from the University of Leicester. [1] She is known for her research on decomposition and fossilization. [ 2 ] Her focus is soft-bodied animals, details of which are often lost during decay.
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Leicester was ranked 5th in the UK, among 33 medical schools in the 2020 Shanghai Ranking of World Universities. In the same rankings, Leicester was ranked 20th globally. [ 16 ] Leicester Medical School is the first UK medical school to adopt a one-iPad-per-student programme at the undergraduate level, commencing in 2013. [ 17 ]
Thomas Fielding Johnson (24 December 1828 – 18 March 1921) was a prominent Victorian businessman and philanthropist in Leicester, England.Among his many acts of public spiritedness and generosity was the donation in 1919 of a 37 acres (15 ha) site and buildings for the establishment of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College which finally became the University of Leicester.