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Whats the difference between margin trading and gambling
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/whats-the-difference-between-margin-trading-and-gambling
Margin trading allows an individual to borrow money from a broker in order to take much larger positions in financial assets and therefore multiply the size of their gains and losses.
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New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/herpes-genome
Researchers have mapped the genetic structure of the herpes virus and, for the first time, traced its European origin back almost 5,000 years.
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Students need “clarity and consistency”, says Leicester Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/clarity-a-level-results-nishan-canagarajah
The University of Leicester has today responded to the Government’s decision to base students’ A level and GCSE results on their teachers’ assessments.
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The World that Management Made
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/04/20/the-world-that-management-made/
Posted by Gibson Burrell in School of Business Blog on April 20, 2016 Robert MacFarlane’s excellent piece on the ‘Anthropocene’ age in a recent issue of The Guardian deserves attention in a number of ways.
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Ministers and Midlands universities launch £3m campaign to attract global R&D investment and drive economic growth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/investment
University of Leicester joins seventeen universities from the Midlands in launching the Invest in UK University R&D – Midlands Campaign to drive investment into the region
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Pre-clinical models enabling drug and biomarker discovery
https://le.ac.uk/lcrc/research/pre-clinical-models-enabling-drug-and-biomarker-discovery
Research theme leads: Professor Catrin Pritchard and Dr Gareth Miles Academic research theme members: Professor Karen Brown Professor Martin Dyer Dr Sam Khan Dr Esther Moss Dr Alessandro Rufini Dr Cristina Tufarelli The Explant...
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Historical trade directories
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/historical-research/trade-directories
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. This guide gives advice and tips on using historical trade directories containing general information about towns and villages that would be useful or interesting to a visitor or resident.
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Rest in Pieces: The story of a hanged woman and her journey to becoming a museum object. By Ali Well
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/07/27/rest-in-pieces/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on July 27, 2016 When referring to “skeletons in the cupboard” we rarely expect these to be literally true, but in the case of Mary Ann Higgins and the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry, it is.
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Enterprise (interim)
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/senior-management/executive-board/pvc-research-and-enterprise
Find out more about our Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research and Enterprise.
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Politics and International Relations BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/politics-and-international-relations-ba/2026
At Leicester you’ll gain a thorough grounding in the study of both politics and international relations, led by the expertise of our lecturers, and guest speakers from MPs to diplomats.