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Future of asthma research and benefits to patient health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/future-of-asthma-research-and-benefits-to-patient-health
50 years of pioneering asthma research which has benefited patients and sufferers throughout the UK will be celebrated at an event on Wednesday 20 June hosted by Leicester.
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Space scientist receives prestigious award from Royal Astronomical Society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/space-scientist-receives-prestigious-award-from-royal-astronomical-society
Professor Emma Bunce (pictured) from our Department of Physics and Astronomy has received a prestigious award from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) for her outstanding research into the physics of the gas giant planet magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn.
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Facts about snakebite deaths
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/areas/join-the-fight/facts-about-snakebite-deaths
Facts about snakebite deaths in India According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (2023), about 5.4 million snakebites occur each year, resulting in 1.8 to 2.7 million cases of envenoming.
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Festival event turns spotlight on Diversity in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/festival-event-turns-spotlight-on-diversity-in-leicester
A range of influential speakers will present their views on what diversity and multiculturalism mean to the city of Leicester in an upcoming event for the 2017 Leicester Human Rights Arts and Film Festival.
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Student project explores the experiences of women who entered into mixed Black Caribbean and White British relationships in Leicester between 1948 and the 1970s
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/student-project-explores-the-experiences-of-women-who-entered-into-mixed-black-caribbean-and-white-british-relationships-in-leicester-between-1948-and-the-1970s
A local mature student studying at our University is keen to hear from women willing to share information about relationships they are in/have had with men of different ethnic backgrounds to themselves.
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Universities and colleges receive 245 million to tackle sexual harassment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/universities-and-colleges-receive-ps2-45-million-to-tackle-sexual-harassment
HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) has awarded grants to over 60 projects in universities – including University of Leicester - and colleges across the country which address concerns about sexual violence and harassment on campus.
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Unique exceptionally preserved fossil named in honour of Sir David Attenborough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/unique-2018exceptionally-preserved2019-fossil-named-in-honour-of-sir-david-attenborough
An international team of scientists led by our University has discovered a new 430 million-year-old fossil and has named it in honour of Sir David Attenborough – who grew up on the University campus.
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Armed patrols in Leicester join the debate about policing in our city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/armed-patrols-in-leicester-join-the-debate-about-policing-in-our-city
Leicestershire police chief Simon Cole is to talk at a public event on 23 March about the force’s recent deployment of armed patrols in crowded places and whether this is a sign of things to come for people in Leicester.
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School of Business seminars to focus on innovation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/school-of-business-seminars-to-focus-on-innovation
The challenge of managing innovation in industry is the focus of two seminars being hosted by the University's School of Business.
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Peer review
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/about/journals/museum-society/peer-review
Museum and Society follows a double-blind peer review process. Each submission is assigned by the Production Editor to a member of the Editorial Board.