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Study raises important questions about lockdown effects on BAME communities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/lockdown-effects-on-bame-communities
New research by University of Leicester academics reveals lockdown measures imposed in late March, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, may not have been as effective in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities with data showing that cases in these...
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University of Leicester professor speaks to Government Select Committee about alternative to antibiotics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/martha-clokie
University of Leicester’s Professor of Microbiology Martha Clokie, spoke to MPs about the potential use of phages to fight bacterial infections.
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Record-breaking year for University of Leicester as its research funding doubles
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/research-record
The University of Leicester is celebrating a record-breaking year of research awards after doubling the amount it received compared to the previous year.
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CGI and the University of Leicester open state of the art Innovation Lab with global vision for sustainability
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/sustainability-innovation-lab-globe
A new Sustainability Innovation Lab and an artwork installed at Space Park Leicester represent the growing collaboration between CGI, the University and their partners.
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University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies Finalist at Royal Television Society Awards 2024
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/harms-of-hate
The University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies was a finalist at the 2024 RTS Awards.
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Proposed changes at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/proposed-changes-university-of-leicester
A University statement on a consultation period with 145 staff over proposals for change, with a potential net reduction of around 60 roles.
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University of Leicester historian celebrates double book prize win
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/anderson
Clare Anderson, Professor of History and Director of the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, has won the Social History Society Book Prize 2024 and the Australian Historical Association’s biennial Kay Daniels Award 2024, for her book Convicts: A Global History.
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Leicester engineers work on power systems for lunar rovers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/power-lunar-rovers
Researchers at University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester are part of a consortium developing power systems for lunar rovers that combine solar panels, batteries and radioisotope thermoelectric generators.
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Leicester Law School hosts distinguished African lawyer and diplomat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/namira-negm-visit
Ambassador Dr Namira Negm, the current Director of the African Migration Observatory, recently visited the University of Leicester and learned about the impact that law researchers and students are making
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Future 100: Leicester seeks next generation of world-changing researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/future-100
The University of Leicester has today (Wednesday) called for the next generation of world-changing researchers to be part of its Future 100.