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Research Support

Research Support Office (RSO)

This office supports activity across all disciplines at the University.  Areas of support include:

  • Research finance
  • Research grants and contracts
  • Research development

For more information visit the Research Support Office website (University login required for most of the content) or contact: rso@le.ac.uk, ext. 2759

REF2014

The University's REF2014 (Research Excellence Framework) Strategy is now available online.  You will need your University login details to access the document. 

IRIS (Integrated Research Information System)

IRIS is the University’s research information management system. It enables data on a variety of academic activities to be captured, linked, used and reused in many ways, including for REF2014, research council post-award monitoring and departmental reviews. It also links to the Leicester Research Archive for one-stop deposit of full text items.

Please log in to IRIS to keep your profile up-to-date. For more information and answers to frequently asked questions, visit the IRIS webpage (University login required).

Leicester Research Archive

The LRA is a digital collection of research output from the University including articles, book chapters, theses, reports, conference papers, research databases and data sets. Much of the material is freely available in full text.

Recruiting Postgraduate Research Students

You can find advice about recruiting PGR students:

Library Resources

The University Library has an area on its website dedicated to supporting research.

Academic Practice Unit

The Academic Practice Unit supports the initial and continuing professional development of staff engaged in teaching, research and academic leadership activities across the University. We provide courses, workshops and accredited programmes, and work with colleges, departments and individuals for bespoke professional development.

Research website

This is the part of the University's website which promotes the University's research externally and also provides research-related links for staff and students.