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Habitats and Adaptations
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/primary/habitats-and-adaptations
Learn more about the Habitats and Adaptations programme that we offer to primary school children.
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University Head of School selected as member of Blue Plaques Panel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/tilly-blyth-blue-plaque-panel
University of Leicester’s Head of Museum Studies has been announced as one of the newest members of English Heritage’s Blue Plaques Panel. Professor Tilly Blyth is one of four industry experts selected to help decide the newest additions to London’s blue plaque scheme.
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Workplace menopause study by Leicester academics finds women feel they need to cope alone
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/workplace-menopause-study-by-leicester-experts-finds-2018women-feel-they-need-to-cope-alone2019
A call for more menopause-friendly workplaces is made in a new Government report prepared by a team from our University.
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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and Clinical Research Facility officially opened in Leicestershire
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/nihr-biomedical-research-centre-and-clinical-research-facility-officially-opened-in-leicestershire
Two programmes of pioneering research into medical advancements in the Leicestershire region have been officially launched in partnership with our University, thanks to grants from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). An £11.
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New website launched to explore the full healthy life in Australia for migrants from the UK and Europe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/new-website-launched-to-explore-the-2018full-healthy-life2019-in-australia-for-migrants-from-the-uk-and-europe
Between 1945 and 1975 some three million migrants and refugees arrived in Australia from Britain and Europe. Chosen to be young, strong and healthy workers, they were expected to rapidly integrate and ‘become good Australians by adoption’.
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Leicester receives major award for leading role in new space science mission SMILE
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-receives-major-award-for-leading-role-in-new-space-science-mission-smile
UK academic institutions including our University will lead an international solar-terrestrial and space weather mission, taking on the development of a major science instrument thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency.
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Obamas nuclear policy wishlist appears neither politically viable nor diplomatically wise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018obama2019s-nuclear-policy-wish-list-appears-neither-politically-viable-nor-diplomatically-wise2019
Without broad approval at home or abroad Obama’s nuclear policy wish-list appears neither politically viable nor diplomatically wise in the longer term, according to Dr Andrew Futter and PhD student James Johnson from the Department of Politics and International Relations.
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University students work with injured soldiers in unique archaeological project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-students-work-with-injured-soldiers-in-unique-archaeological-project
A unique collaboration between archaeologists and injured Service personnel sees them pitted in a race against time to discover the secrets of an ancient Roman harbour in Cyprus before they are lost forever to the sea.
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Genomics
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/genomics
Current research Genetics of CAD Platelet Biology and Haemostatic Mechanisms Members Professor Matt Bown Professor Nick Brindle Professor Fadi Charchar (Hon) Dr Veryan Codd Professor Gianluigi Condorelli (Hon) Dr Giovanni Mariscalco Dr...
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Protecting sex workers
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/sex-workers
In considering sex work, police and health practitioners have focused on ‘the street’ as the main location for sex workers. However, in the 21st century the sex industry has changed enormously, and today most commercial sex work happens online.