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More than 200 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to , helping to highlight research taking place at our University to the media and engage in topical academic debate.

The Experts Guide is a searchable database of research expertise used to help publicise the work of academics. It is used by journalists externally and the University's Press Office internally to track down academics to speak to when they need an informed opinion on a topic or current story.

The database works via tag words provided by academics about their research areas .

Leicester academics have been quoted in articles from a wide variety of national and international media organisations. They are also actively contributing articles to , the University's platform for academic opinion pieces, where articles have collectively and have been widely republished by media outlets.

Academics have written on a number of exciting and current topics, including, and .