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Staff and students team up for Go Green Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/staff-and-students-team-up-for-go-green-week
As part of the Environment Team’s Sustainable Development Programme, students have been asked to put on their eco hats and work on a number of environment and sustainability projects. Go Green Week is the culmination of many of those projects.
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Pact on research will be key part of UK-EU accord
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/pact-on-research-will-be-key-part-of-uk-eu-accord
President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester Professor Paul Boyle is co-signatory to a letter that has appeared in the FT on the future UK-EU relationship.
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Socio-technical approach key to air safety, research suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/sociotechnical-safety
An innovative socio-technical approach provides the key to improving safety in aviation and astronautics, according to a University of Leicester expert.
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New hope for gay communities following Typhoon Haiyan
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/new-hope-for-gay-communities-following-typhoon-haiyan
Many LGBT people in Tacloban, Philippines have achieved new-found acceptance in their communities, including a dramatic rise in the number of people using dating applications such as Grindr and Tinder, in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, according to research co-led...
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'Let my People Go!': Anglo- American Liberation Theology from the Puritans to the Abolitionists
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/anglo-american-liberation-theology-from-the-puritans-to-the-abolitionists
AHRC Research Leave (£33,943) September 2010-January 2011 Professor John Coffey The story of Israel’s Exodus from Egyptian bondage has often inspired radical politics.
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Pokmon Go helps highlight Leicesters inventive approach to communications
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/pokemon-go-helps-to-highlight-leicesters-inventive-approach-to-communications
The Pokémon Go craze has helped millions of people around the world to ease the Type 2 diabetes burden by walking and catching digital monsters. Now, the viral app has helped our University snag an accolade for its 'inventive' approach to communications.
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2015 in news - a selection of key stories from across the year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/2015-in-review-key-stories-from-across-the-year
Now that 2015 has come to a close, catch up with some of the key University news stories from the past year.
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Molecules in processed foods could unlock key to healthier diets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/molecules-in-processed-foods-could-unlock-key-to-healthier-diets
Our favourite foods could be made healthier thanks to a new technique developed by researchers from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences which has identified harmful bacterial molecules in certain processed foods such as burgers and ready meals.
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Research project on gay migration and HIV-status is recruiting participants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/13-project-gay-migration-hiv-status-recruiting-participants
Research project on gay migration Research project|University of Leicester seeking HIV-positive gay/bi/queer/MSM men needed for new research study Researchers at the University of Leicester are researching how HIV shapes the migration choices of gay men in Europe.
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Leicester scholars co-host international workshop to tackle SDGs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/metals-workshop-sdgs
Following a welcome from Professor Philip Baker, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at the University of Leicester, attendees also had the opportunity to network with international colleagues as part of a UK-China bilateral early career forum.