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Research
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/research
Find out about the research interests of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.
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Director of Human Resources
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/senior-management/professional-services-executive-group/hr-director
Find out more about our Director of HR. This role is responsible for leading the development and implementation of the Human Resources Strategy and for the creation and development of the Organisational Development plan for the University.
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Nineteenth Century British Art Reassessed
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha3025
Module code: HA3025 British art between 1800-1900 has often been the victim of critical and art-historical scorn, often seen as producing ‘old-fashioned’ or ‘prosaic’ art.
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Type 2 diabetes could overwhelm NHS unless changes are made Leicester experts warn
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/type-2-diabetes-could-overwhelm-nhs-unless-changes-are-made-leicester-experts-warn
Melanie Davies CBE (pictured), a Professor of Diabetes Medicine at our University and the Leicester Diabetes Centre, has commented on the rise in people suffering from type 2 diabetes.
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Artisans and activists in the world of handmade crafts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/artisans-and-activists-in-the-world-of-handmade-crafts
Bake-off and sewing bee enthusiasts have fuelled a revival of traditional crafts, but a week of events at our University will explore whether they could also be part of a cultural revolution.
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Public lecture puts Dickens’ marriage under the spotlight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/11-dickens-lecture
Charles Dickens’ strained marriage is the subject of a free public lecture presented on Wednesday 20 November 2019 by our Victorian Studies Centre.
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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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Counting the cost of Britains most damaging conflict
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/counting-the-cost-of-britain2019s-most-damaging-conflict
A new Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project is supporting a team of academics from Leicester, Nottingham, Cardiff and Southampton universities who are revealing the human cost of the British Civil Wars.
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AI analysis of urine can predict flare up of lung disease a week in advance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/lung-study
A University of Leicester-led study has used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse patient urine samples and predict when symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will flare up according to a study published today in ERJ Open Research.
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Suzie Imber
https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/suzie-imber
Many people outside the Department of Physics and Astronomy became aware of Suzie when she won the BBC 2 series Astronauts, Do You Have What It Takes? In 2017.