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Event will raise awareness of the challenges of prematurity and research taking place
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/premature-babies
A special event for those living with, or looking after preterm youngsters aims to raise awareness of the challenges of prematurity and other important child health issues
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Triumphing in the face of adversity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/triumphing-in-the-face-of-adversity
Corinne’s time at the University of Leicester has, in great part, been shaped by her resilience. Beginning her degree in 2013, she faced a number of personal setbacks, but after five years of hard work and dedication, she graduates this week with her LLB.
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University developments shortlisted among region’s best new buildings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/procon-finalists
The Percy Gee Building – first opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 1958, shortly after the University was granted its Royal Charter – has been extended with a new four-storey, 3,000 square metre East Wing.
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New research reveals why drivers hit and run
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-research-reveals-why-drivers-2018hit-and-run2019
A new interim report by Dr Matt Hopkins and Sally Chivers from our Department of Criminology has started to identify the reasons why motorists ‘hit and run.
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Ethnic differences in need for heart pacemakers may have genetic link
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/ethnic-differences-in-need-for-heart-pacemakers-may-have-genetic-link
Researchers have found evidence to show that South Asian people (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) are less likely to require a pacemaker for an abnormally low heart rate compared to white people of European origin.
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George Eliot 2019
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/george-eliot-2019
This conference will examine the legacy of George Eliot alongside trends in contemporary critical work, bringing together scholars from around the world to mark the bicentenary of her birth.
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All Bourgeois Now? Class in History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2237
Module code: HS2237 How does class consciousness come about through economic change and political action? What are the cultural expressions of class identity? This module shines a light on class in modern Germany and another country, while contesting the meanings and...
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Creating Software Applications
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/co0004
Module code: CO0004 Creating successful software applications requires a lot more than just writing code. We must discover a problem that software can solve, understand the needs of the user, create the software, ensure it will work well within its intended environment.
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Academic gives insights into part-time study for the Guardian
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/academic-gives-insights-into-part-time-study-for-the-guardian
For those considering taking up part-time study, the co-chair of our flexible and distance learning group spoke to the Guardian recently to give some advice on what qualities you need to succeed as a postgraduate Master’s student.
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Research opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/opportunities
We welcome organisations from policy, environmental practice and industry contacting us to discuss collaboration opportunities.