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Community projects
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/royal/visits/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge/projects
As part of their visit to the University of Leicester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were shown three community projects, all reflecting the close ties between the University and Leicester City FC.
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Flickering of young stars reveals previously unknown link with black holes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/flickering-of-young-stars-reveals-previously-unknown-link-with-black-holes
An international team of astronomers, including Dr Simon Vaughan from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has discovered a previously unknown link between the way young stars grow and the way black holes and other exotic space objects feed from their surroundings.
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Study to help prevent the development of diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/study-to-help-prevent-diabetes
Diabetes experts are carrying out a study to find the best way of screening people with learning disabilities to prevent them from developing diabetes. They are also looking at developing an education programme to help individuals as well as their family and carers.
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Shahid Sheikh OBE
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/shahid-sheikh-obe
Shahid Sheikh OBE is an entrepreneur and Director of Clifton Packaging Group Ltd (formed in 1981) which today proudly stands amongst the best in the world of flexible packing, supplying mainly the FMCG food industry with a turnover of over £35 million.
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Could Pegasus really fly
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/could-pegasus-really-fly
In Greek mythology, the winged horse Pegasus was ridden by the hero Bellerophon to defeat the fearsome Chimera, a beast often depicted as being part goat, part lion and part snake.
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Leicester International Institute, Dalian University of Technology
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/study/undergraduate/leicester-international-institute
The Department of Engineering is proud to be one of the first departments at Leicester to participate in this exciting new venture between the University of Leicester and Dalian University of Technology.
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Leicester celebrates LGBT history month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/leicester-celebrates-lgbt-history-month
Leicester is celebrating LGBT History Month with two events. On 15 February, a talk on Faith and Sexual Orientation was delivered at the Attenborough Arts Centre from 12noon to 1.30pm by Dianna Anderson from Oxford University.
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Tuberculosis
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and is studied with respect to its microbiology and physiology at the University of Leicester by LeMID researchers.
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Sheep urine study examines impact of greenhouse gas
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/sheep-urine-study-examines-impact-of-greenhouse-gas
Dr Mick Whelan and Professor Heiko Balzter from our Department of Geography have just started a three-year NERC-funded project to explore the interaction between livestock (sheep) grazing behaviour, urine composition and subsequent nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from urine...
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Agile Cloud Automation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/co4217
Module code: CO4217 Cloud-based software system development involves a wide range of languages and notations, from high-level business modelling languages to low-level scripting languages, with many different abstraction facilities.