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Economic inequality is not “bad for everyone”, new research shows – wealthier people derive happiness benefits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/economic-inequality-wealth-people-happiness
Increases in economic inequality raise the life satisfaction of wealthier people, while lowering the life satisfaction of people who earn less, newly published research shows.
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A Chimera?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/06/03/a-chimera/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on June 3, 2020 So the lockdown is being lifted piece by piece. Different pace in different countries, even different pace in different countries within the UK.
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Leicester to lead Royal Astronomical Society livestream of Uranus
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/10/06/leicester-to-lead-royal-astronomical-society-livestream-of-uranus/
Leicester to lead Royal Astronomical Society livestream of Uranus
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Long term outcomes and quality of life
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/national-cardiac-surgery-clinical-trials-programme/long-term-outcomes-and-quality-of-life
Long term outcomes and Quality of Life group is part of our National Cardiac Surgery Clinical Trials Initiative
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UK Government 'Visa Brake' update
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/applying-for-visa/visa-brake-update
The UK Government has introduced a new ‘visa brake’ that affects student visa applications made outside the UK.
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Death of a Poet: Seamus Heaney University of Leicester staff blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/30/death-of-a-poet-seamus-heaney/
Posted by Gordon Campbell in School of English Blog on September 30, 2013 In recent weeks there has been a torrent of tributes to Seamus Heaney, many written by people who claimed friendship with Heaney.
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Sexual misconduct and harassment policy
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-11/sr11-appendix-1
This is the current version of the policy, valid since 4 December 2025. The previous version has been archived. Introduction 1. Content advisory: this policy contains descriptions of non-consensual sexual acts which some may find distressing.
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University of Leicester signs agreement with Shanghai Polytechnic University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/university-of-leicester-shanghai-polytechnic-university-partnership
The University of Leicester has strengthened its ties with Shanghai Polytechnic University following a visit to the United Kingdom.
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Section 1 - Definitions
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/documents/statutes/definitions
Read Section 1 of our Statutes, entitled Definitions. This section defines the terms used in the Statutes and their specific meaning within the context of the Statutes.
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Curiosity disproves old idea of Mars as a simple basaltic planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/curiosity-disproves-2018old-idea-of-mars-as-a-simple-basaltic-planet2019
As NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) celebrates four years on the Red Planet Leicester planetary scientist Professor John Bridges recounts the Curiosity mission’s success and explains what is next for the one-ton nuclear-powered science robot.