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Pioneering centre is making a difference one year after officially opening
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/phage-anniversary
A pioneering new centre at the University of Leicester which studies bacteriophages to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria is celebrating its one-year anniversary
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Leicester researchers identify ethnic disparities in accessing continuous glucose monitors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/ethnic-disparities-glucose-monitoring-leicester
People from Afro-Caribbean and South Asian backgrounds are less likely to be prescribed “life-changing” diabetes technology compared to White individuals, a new study by the University of Leicester has reported
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Venice comes to Attenborough Arts Centre with Shape Arts’ landmark exhibition about the Disability Arts Movement
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/crip-arte-spazio
The exhibition celebrates the Disability Arts Movement which contributed to changes in UK law.
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The maths behind what makes a Formula One world champion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-maths-behind-what-makes-a-formula-one-world-champion
With Lewis Hamilton recently becoming three-time Formula One world champion, a new course offered by the University looks at how calculus is used in motor racing to calculate fuel consumption and the forces a driver experiences during a race.
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The right rubber for the job
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/the-importance-of-using-the-right-rubber-for-the-job
Researchers from the Department of Geology have discovered that when it comes to rubbers, textured surfaces, and reproduction, more fluid formulations have greater reliability than those that are thick and sticky.
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Centre for Sustainable Materials Processing
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing
The Materials Centre is a materials chemistry research and enterprise centre based at the University of Leicester.
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Dr Richard Hopkinson
https://le.ac.uk/hopkinson-group/richard-hopkinson
Learn more about Dr Richard Hopkinson, our lead in the Hopkinson Group at the University of Leicester.
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Solving Critical Challenges In The Recovery Of Electric Vehicle Battery Materials
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/news/solving-critical-challenges-in-the-recovery-of-electric-vehicle-battery-materials
Professor Andy Abbott and the Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries group have solved a critical challenge in the recovery of materials used in electric vehicle batteries at the end of their life, enabling their re-use in the manufacture of new batteries.
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Security and Rule of Law in Post-Conflict States
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr7582
Module code: CR7582 This module addresses core post-conflict security and justice issues and provides an overview of key stakeholders involved in providing and maintaining security and the rule of law in countries emerging from conflict.
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Pathogenesis of airway disease
https://le.ac.uk/lung-health/research/pathogenesis-of-airway-disease
Specialists This is the main focus of the laboratory-based research on the Glenfield site within the Adult Respiratory group (Amrani, Bradding, Brightling, Cousins, Siddiqui, Wardlaw), in collaboration with the Paediatric Airways group (Gaillard, Pandya), the Cell...