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Digital support can significantly reduce anxiety among autistic adults, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/brain-in-hand
A digital innovation that provides autistic adults with 24/7 support and practical tools to manage the challenges of everyday life has been shown...
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University of Leicester-led programme to help police officers approaching retirement wins award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/police
Psychologists from the University of Leicester have won a national award for their innovative work supporting senior police leaders’ well-being.
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Dr Rachel Winter has won the Royal College of Psychiatrists Higher Psychiatric Trainee of the Year Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/rachel-winter
Dr Rachel Winter, honorary consultant in old age psychiatry at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and associate professor in empathic healthcare...
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Clearing 2022: Brilliant Bianca grasps second chance at university in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/clearing-bianca
Psychology graduate Bianca Semczuk says choosing Leicester through Clearing “couldn’t have been a better decision”.
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Do winners cheat more? New research refutes previous high-profile study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/games-cheating
New large-scale research led by the University of Leicester shows that winning does not cause people to cheat, in stark contrast to a previous...
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Man vs. machine: New Leicester research to compare human eye-tracking with AI in first study of its kind
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/eye-tracking
The human brain’s ability to track and process hazards will be pitted against an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) tool in a new...
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Why the universal age-happiness ‘U-shape’ is a myth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/u-shape-happiness
New research shows that happiness often does not increase as people get older.
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Psychologists create first-ever body-maps of hallucinations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/psychosis-hallucinations
Leicester psychologists have, for the first time, created body-maps of the sensations which arise during hallucinations in people experiencing...
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Leicester historians guest edit Centenary journal edition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/howard-journal
Leading historians from the University of Leicester have guest edited a special Centenary issue of the prestigious Howard Journal of Crime and...
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University of Leicester receives grant from Movember to help develop peer support programme for senior leaders in UK Police Force
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/movember-police-support
Up to 250 police superintendents across police forces in England and Wales will soon benefit from a peer support programme designed to support...