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Project to improve distraction burglary police detection
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/project-to-improve-distraction-burglary-police-detection
A new ‘best practice’ guide to help police forces detect cases of distraction burglary throughout the UK is being developed by our criminologists.
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Formula One Team Executive Director to give guest address at annual engineering lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/formula-one-team-executive-director-to-give-guest-address-at-annual-engineering-lecture
The Executive Director of the one of world's most successful Formula One teams, and the man behind Lewis Hamilton's race success, will be guest speaker at the University's 18th annual engineering lecture organised by the Department of Engineering.
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Cancer researchers lead the way in cutting-edge research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/cancer-researchers-lead-the-way-in-cutting-edge-research
Researchers from the city’s Cancer Research UK Centre based at the University of Leicester, will be collaborating with scientists across the UK, following the announcement today of the charity’s Centres’ Network Accelerator Awards.
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Study to help find ways to prevent kidney damage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/study-to-help-find-ways-to-prevent-kidney-damage
Leicestershire people set to undergo keyhole vascular surgery are being recruited for a new study to help find ways to prevent kidney damage which can sometimes occur afterwards.
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Library
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/about/leicester-medical-society/about/library
The Leicester Medical Book Society was founded in 1800 as an association of local doctors, to provide a medical book lending library.
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Leicester in UK top 10 cities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-in-uk-top-10-cities
Our city ranks in the UK top 10 according to PwC’s Good Growth for Cities index 2017 published this week. Leicester is ranked ninth in the UK- and third in terms of most improved from last year.
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University Provost discusses proposals for universities to run schools
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-provost-discusses-proposals-for-universities-to-run-schools
The University’s Provost Professor Mark Peel has written a piece for the Times Educational Supplement discussing the Government’s consultation paper ‘Schools that work for everyone’ – asking whether universities should also be required to run a school.
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Leicester researchers working to develop understanding of autism in South Asian families
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-researchers-working-to-develop-understanding-of-autism-in-south-asian-families
A new project led by the University aims to develop and evaluate online videos to educate families from the South Asian Community in Leicestershire about Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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DNA, genes and chromosomes
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/dna
The study of DNA is crucial for developing new treatments and other modern day problems. Here at The University of Leicester we provide a range of information for different levels of education to aid studies.
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Artist residency outcomes
https://le.ac.uk/miv/minimal-surfaces-artists-views/artist-residency-outcomes
The minimal surfaces artists' views project and our artists' outcomes were presented in September and October 2019.