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Study aims to tackle overprescribing across England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/medication-review
A £2.4 million study led by the University of Leicester is underway to reduce the amount of unnecessary or inappropriate medications prescribed to older patients
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Parents and researchers share insights at University of Leicester for World Prematurity Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/prematurity-day
University of Leicester invites parents, teachers and professionals to ‘The educational needs of children born preterm’ on Thursday 17 November.
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Professor Kamlesh Khunti awarded CBE in New Year Honours 2022
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/kamlesh-khunti-cbe
Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine at the University of Leicester, has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to Health in the New Year’s Honours List 2022.
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Passions of War
https://le.ac.uk/english/research/research-projects/past-projects/passions-of-war
The Passions of War project sought to investigate the influence of war, from the early modern period to the end of the Second World War. Find out more about the project.
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Honorary Degree for Bishop of Loughborough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/16-bishop-guli-honorary
Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Loughborough Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Loughborough|The Right Reverend Doctor Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Loughborough, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Leicester.
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More than 80 people from University of Leicester compete in the Leicester Half-Marathon challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/more-than-80-people-from-university-of-leicester-compete-in-the-leicester-half-marathon-challenge
More than 80 members of staff from across our University took part in the Leicester Half-Marathon Relay Challenge on Sunday 23 October.
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How the science of placebos and nocebos can revolutionise healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/howick-book
In his latest book, the University of Leicester’s Professor Jeremy Howick brings together more than twenty years of research to explain how placebo science is now ready to transform healthcare and improve lives.
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Flaring star could be down to young planet’s disc inferno
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/planetary-disc-inferno
New simulations led by University of Leicester offer new explanation for star’s 85-year flare. In this scenario, a young giant planet is burning up very close to its star, suggesting solar systems may have hosted many of such planets that have since ‘evaporated’
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Radiography lecturer awarded MBE for services to forensic investigation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/mbe
Radiography senior lecturer Dr Claire Robinson has been awarded an MBE for services to forensic investigation as part of the King’s Birthday Honours
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Its written in the stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/its-written-in-the-stars
Astronomers today opened one of the last remaining windows on the Universe, publishing the first full 3D census of over one billion stars in our Milky Way.