Search
-
Increased empathy in maternity leads to better levels of care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/empathy-maternity-training-leicester
Training maternity staff to be more empathetic in their level of care increases patient and practitioner satisfaction - Leicester study shows
-
Work placement
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/work-placement
All students on our campus-based masters programmes in Museum Studies and Art Museum and Gallery Studies at the University of Leicester undertake an 8 week, full-time, work placement. Find out more.
-
Goal 14: Life Below Water
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/life-below-water
The fourteenth Sustainable Development Goal is to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
-
Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/sustainable-cities-communities
The eleventh Sustainable Development Goal is to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
-
Kathrin Meissner
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/study/visiting-scholar-scheme/kathrin-meissner
I spent about one month at CUH in May 2019 as part of PhD project which covers the transformations of public communication about planning from the late 1950s to the late 1980s in German planning culture focussing on cases in East and West Berlin.
-
Inclusive Collections
https://le.ac.uk/library/about/policies/inclusive-collections
Our Collections Development Strategy states that ‘we will create an inclusive and diverse collection that supports learning and research’.
-
University breakthrough applied by Leicesters Hospitals to provide pioneering noninvasive autopsy service
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-breakthrough-used-by-leicesters-hospitals-to-provide-pioneering-non-invasive-autopsy-service
Earlier this year, findings from our University represented a breakthrough in how autopsy practice could be conducted in the UK and worldwide.
-
Leicester receives two nominations for 2018 Current Archaeology Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-receives-two-nominations-for-2018-current-archaeology-awards
Two projects led by archaeologists from our University have been nominated in the Current Archaeology Awards for 2018.
-
Get to know your brain at Neuroscience events for Brain Awareness Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/neuroscience-research-demonstrated-for-brain-awareness-day-1
The University will be hosting two events for Brain Awareness Day on Wednesday 15 March. GCSE and A-Level students are invited to attend an afternoon of activities which will explain a range of brain research between 12.30-3.30pm followed by an evening event for all from 6pm.
-
Research reveals air pollution can alter the effectiveness of antibiotics and increases the potential of disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/study-reveals-air-pollution-can-alter-the-effectiveness-of-antibiotics-and-increases-the-potential-of-disease
Researchers from the University have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air pollution - increasing the potential for infection and changing the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment.