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One in four of London’s green spaces breaches air quality safety limits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/10-london-no2-levels
More than one quarter of London’s parks, playground, and open spaces exceed international safety limits for air quality, potentially putting thousands of children and vulnerable Londoners at risk.
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Report shows rate of stillbirths and neonatal deaths decreased in 2023 but persistent inequalities remain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/perinatal-loss-infancy-death-leicester
The MBRRACE-UK collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit and the University of Leicester’s TIMMS research group, has today published a ‘State of the Nation’ report on perinatal deaths of babies born in the UK in 2023.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/about/laboratories/bone/research
Browse our research projects associated with the bone laboratory within Archaeology and Ancient History at Leicester.
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Cabinet of Curiosities: how disability was kept in a box
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/cabinet-of-curiosities
A unique performance that challenges the way we think about disability.
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Advanced Microanalysis Laboratory
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/about/laboratories/advanced-microanalysis-lab
The School of Archaeology and Ancient History's microscopy laboratory detailing the range of equipment and techniques used in the lab, these include Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) coupled with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray Fluorescence...
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Victim of racist abuse joins study to explore racism in rural England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/rural-racism
A university researcher who’s been on the receiving end of targeted racist abuse in the English countryside is part of a University of Leicester team that’s spearheading a study on racism in rural England.
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Multiple long-term conditions affect more than 14 per cent of English population, research finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/multiple-conditions
Imperial College London and University of Leicester researchers have been involved in the largest ever study on multiple long-term conditions which has found that nearly 15 per cent of people in England are currently living with two or more health disorders.
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More people at risk of diabetes could be detected thanks to innovative new partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/diabetes-risk
A tool developed by Leicester Diabetes Centre to identify those at risk of diabetes is set to be used in workplaces and communities to ensure more people receive help earlier.
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Student puts his own stamp on Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/student-puts-his-own-stamp-on-leicester
David Hall, graduating with a History BA this week, has put his own ‘stamp’ on his academic work at the University of Leicester - quite literally! David began collecting stamps when he was a child, inspired by his grandad’s collection.
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New £10.4 million research centre will unlock new tests, treatments and cures for people living with rare kidney diseases
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/lifearc
Thousands of people living with rare kidney disease will have access to improved diagnostics, treatments and potentially cures, thanks to the creation of a new research centre, involving experts from the University of Leicester