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Groundbreaking research identifies what makes human brains – and humans – unique in the animal world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-concept-cells
A neuroscientist at the University of Leicester has identified a fundamental difference between human and animal brains. This breakthrough, published today in the journal Cell, offers an explanation for what makes Homo sapiens so vastly different from even our nearest relatives.
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Fabricio Goes
https://le.ac.uk/people/fabricio-goes
The academic profile of Dr Fabricio Goes, Lecturer in Creative Computing at University of Leicester
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Getting by with a little help from our friends
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/07/09/getting-by-with-a-little-help-from-our-friends/
Posted by Jo B in School of Business Blog on July 9, 2014 Professor Jo Brewis, Deputy Head of the School, discusses the under-acknowledged practical and interpersonal consequences of the methodological decisions researchers make The critical tradition of management...
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First Forty Years of Physics at Leicester 1924-64
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/01/04/first-forty-years-of-physics-at-leicester-1924-64/
Professor Ken Pounds looks back upon the first four decades of Physics at the University of Leicester.
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Antibiotic resistance for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/antibiotic-resistance/higher-education
Details and academic material on antibiotic resistance for higher educations students at The University of Leicester.
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Lit&Phil Society: Ernest Rutherford: from Kiwi farm boy to President of the Royal Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/08/litphil-society-ernest-rutherford-from-kiwi-farm-boy-to-president-of-the-royal-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2022 Professor Mary Fowler will give a talk to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on Monday, 14th November, about her Great Grandfather, Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics.
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ESA Digital Twin Earth Precursor: Climate Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/23/esa-digital-twin-earth-precursor-climate-explorer/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 September 2020 NCEO-Leicester win ESA contract to develop a “Digital Twin Earth Precursor” Dr Robert Parker, part of the National Centre for Earth Observation and the School of Physics and Astronomy, has...
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Additional health visitor training improves wellbeing and reduces NHS costs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/19-training-for-postnatal-depression
Study co-authored by researcher from our Department of Health Scientists shows cost-effective solution can improve maternity services.
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Pathways to Medicine
https://le.ac.uk/study/schools-and-colleges/post-16/progression-programmes/pathways-to-medicine
Have you just started Year 12? Are you thinking about studying medicine at university? Do you live within a one-hour commute tof the University of Leicester by public transport? If you answered yes to all of these questions, then the Pathways to Medicine...
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The Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/lias
The Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) is an interdisciplinary centre of excellence.