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Social scientist joins crew of Tall Ship for D-Day landing commemoration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/social-scientist-joins-crew-of-tall-ship-for-d-day-landing-commemoration
Dr Jim McDermott (pictured), an Associate Tutor with the School of Management and a member of The Royal British Legion, is setting sail to retrace the routes taken by the ships and landing craft during D-Day on 6 June 1944 to the Normandy beaches.
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Event kickstarts drive to bring multi-million pound funding to East Midlands’ creative and cultural industries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/kickstart-multi-million-pound-funding-east-midlands-creative-cultural-industries
Companies such as Google, IBM and Adobe were represented alongside the region’s business leaders, academics, funders and policymakers at The Future of the Creative and Cultural Industries event on 18 June.
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Epigenetics and global health case study
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/epigenetics/case-studies/epigenetics-global-health
Epigenetics can help us understand global health trends, as epigenome is dynamic and frequently responds to environmental cues. For more information, take a look at our website.
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Accounting
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/af3076
Module code: AF3076 For this module you will build your knowledge from Principles of Accounting (AF2076) by taking a closer look at the day to day measurements of a firms financial activities undertaken by accountants.
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A new potential treatment pathway for cardiovascular disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-trib1-research
A collaborative study involving scientists from the University of Leicester has shown, for the first time, that a protein expressed in a subset of immune cells contributes towards the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries, which leads to cardiovascular disease.
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Vaccines for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/vaccines/higher-education
The immune system is highly complex, bringing together a multitude of different cells and signals. Read more about the immune system through a simple overview provided by The University of Leicester.
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Suggested reading
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/suggested-reading
If you’d like to expand your awareness of geology, take a look at our reading suggestions.
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Wellcome boost for structural biologists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/wellcome-trust-awards
Leicester researchers studying our molecular machinery have been awarded £3.89 million in research funding by the Wellcome Trust.
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Leicester health researchers receive NIHR Senior Investigator status
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/nihr-senior-investigators
A pair of Leicester health researchers have been awarded prestigious NIHR Senior Investigator awards to advance their work in emergency medicine and rehabilitation.
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Arch-I-Scan blog 2021 retrospective University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2022/01/11/2021-was-selectively-great/
Retrospective of the past year of Arch-I-Scan activities.