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Crime and Punishment in African American History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3662
Module code: HS3662 Module Outline This module examines African American crime and punishment from the era of slavery to the present.
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Between Diaspora and the 'Land of Israel': Jewish Dress, Migration and Belonging, 1880s-1948
https://le.ac.uk/research/projects/jewish-dress-migration-belonging
External partners and collaborators|Dress expresses intimate feelings of belonging and identity. A focus on dress is especially rewarding when looking at migrant societies in which people from diverse backgrounds have often different ideas of how one should dress and why.
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Lord Sugar hails Leicester medic’s campaign to rename condition to avoid fatal mix-ups
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/diabetes-insipidus-avp-d-sugar
A Leicester medic has successfully campaigned to change the name of a rare but potentially fatal condition, with the backing of businessman and TV personality Lord Sugar.
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New Space Park Leicester CEO signals greater focus on commercial strategy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/new-space-park-leicester-ceo-focus-commercial-strategy-770
Will Wells appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park, moving from role as Director of Commercialisation and Knowledge Exchange within the University’s Research and Enterprise Division
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Investigative journalist who identified Salisbury poisoners receives University of Leicester honour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/eliot-higgins
The founder of an award-winning investigative journalism collective which identified the Salisbury poisoners has been honoured by the University of Leicester.
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Leicester researchers develop lifesaving kits for women in Asia at risk from post-abortion complications
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/leicester-lifesaving-abortion-kits-women-asia
University of Leicester researchers are behind a drive to provide lifesaving kits for women in India and Bangladesh who are at risk from complications following unsafe abortions during disasters.
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Study calls for more diverse representation in statistical methodology research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/study-diverse-representation-statistical-methodology-research
Embedding equality, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into statistical methodology research may improve outcomes and better serve the public, a new Leicester study has reported.
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Top Long COVID symptoms revealed in global study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/long-covid-symptoms-revealed-global-study
People with Long COVID have an almost four-fold increase of losing their taste and smell compared to those without the condition, according to an international analysis of 15 million people.
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Virtual clinical trials could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/in-silico-lung
New cutting-edge research undertaken at the University of Leicester could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed and the way patients are cared for, through a pioneering new approach using virtual clinical trials.
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Community playground is revitalised with a new coat of paint
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/adventure-playground
University of Leicester Vice Chancellor and President Professor Nishan Canagarajah was among a group of volunteers helping to breathe new life into Highfields Adventure Playground last week