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Ribbon wraps up mystery of Jupiters magnetic equator
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/ribbon2019-wraps-up-mystery-of-jupiter2019s-magnetic-equator
The discovery of a dark ribbon of weak hydrogen ion emissions that encircles Jupiter has overturned previous thinking about the giant planet’s magnetic equator.
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Expert opinions cover middleaged entrepreneurs descended testicles in mammals heatwaves sex work football and heritage sites
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/expert-opinions-cover-entrepreneurs-and-descended-testicles-in-mammals
In an article for The Conversation, Dr Sukanlaya Sawang from our School of Business has discussed how research shows that the probability of entrepreneurial success jumps after the age of 35, increasing up to the age of 60.
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Leicester among worlds most influential for asthma research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-among-2018world2019s-most-influential2019-for-asthma-research
A study of the most influential research in asthma in the last 50 years from around the world found that the University of Leicester and Leicester’s Hospitals asthma research team were in the top 3 worldwide.
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Scientists home in on a potential Anthropocene Golden Spike in new research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/scientists-home-in-on-a-potential-anthropocene-2018golden-spike2019-in-new-research
The international working group, which includes geologists Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Waters, from our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment and archaeologist Matt Edgeworth has, since 2009, been analysing the case for formalisation of the...
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Event to unravel Europes migration crisis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/event-to-unravel-europe2019s-2018migration-crisis2019
An upcoming event at our University will shed light on the lived experiences of migrants travelling across Europe in order to stimulate dialogue on migration, citizenship and belonging.
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Mainstreaming EDI across the learning environment
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-projects/learning-environment
A summary of MedRACE projects that progress the mainstreaming of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across the learning environment
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Publications
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/our-hubs/violence-reduction-hub/publications
University of Leicester Violence Hub Key Publications
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Research suggests greater access to Higher Education could have reversed EU referendum result
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/research-suggests-greater-access-to-higher-education-could-have-reversed-eu-referendum-result
Greater access to Higher Education could have reversed the result of the 2016 EU referendum, according to new research from our Department of Mathematics.
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Air pollution technology underpins system to control vehicle emissions in real time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/air-pollution-technology-underpins-system-to-control-vehicle-emissions-in-real-time
EarthSense Systems, a joint venture between our University and aerial mapping company Bluesky, is helping to develop a system to automatically activate zero-emission running of hybrid vehicles along the most heavily polluted city streets.
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Students discover Leicesters literary secrets on Joe Orton walking tour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/students-discover-leicesters-literary-secrets-on-joe-orton-walking-tour
This year the University of Leicester has been celebrating the work of Joe Orton. The Leicester-born playwright is one of our city’s most treasured cultural icons and 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of his tragic death.