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University of Leicester celebrates top 2% global sustainability ranking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/the-sustainability-ranking
The University of Leicester is once again celebrating global sustainability success after being ranked in the top 2% of global universities for its contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking.
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Earth history opens a new chapter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/earth-history-opens-a-new-chapter
An international group of scientists has proposed that fallout from hundreds of nuclear weapons tests in the late 1940s to early 1960s could be used to mark the dawn of a new geological age in Earth history – the Anthropocene.
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Motor Cities
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/motor-cities
Leverhulme Research Project Grant (£154,757) October 2011-September 2014 Professor Simon Gunn and Dr Susan Townsend (University of Nottingham) In the last half century the automobile has transformed life in cities across much of the globe, offering unprecedented freedom...
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Tracking our Heritage
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/tracking-our-heritage
The Tracking our Heritage collection is a combination of oral histories from former employees of the Peak Rail railway. Get more information about the collection.
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Leicester’s Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope helps in groundbreaking discovery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/21-cryo-electron-microscope-cte
The Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope, based at the Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, has provided a significant part of the data that enabled researchers to understand the structural basis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a head...
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Case studies
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/epigenetics/case-studies
An introduction to epigenetics ethics and the resources available to students looking for help with their research.
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Senate regulations 6: Regulations governing taught postgraduate programmes of study (exception variations 2021)
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-6/6-1
Introduction 6.1 These regulations apply to all taught postgraduate programmes and students. 6.2 Senate may approve programmes which lead to the award of Masters degrees, Postgraduate Diplomas or Postgraduate Certificates.
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Publications
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/research/publications
Browse the list of recent publications authored, edited or contributed to by people working and researching within the University of Leicester's Medieval Research Centre.
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Trial success for less invasive life-saving cardiac procedure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/tavi
A nationwide study led by Leicester academics has shown that a less invasive procedure to treat a common heart problem is just as effective as open-heart surgery.
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Space Park Leicester to benefit from funding boost for UK space sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/space-park-levelling-up
Space Park Leicester is to receive £284,000 to fund a Cluster Development Manager who will work with local government, businesses and academia.