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January blues Students Union launches 2018 with destress events to ease exam nerves
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/january-blues-student2019s-union-launches-2018-with-de-stress-events-to-ease-exam-nerves
January marks the start of a new year, and, for students across the University, the beginning of exam season. Hours spent in the library revising and writing essays can leave you feeling stressed out and tired.
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Research inspires art exhibit on mental health and the human experience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/research-inspires-art-exhibit-on-mental-health-and-the-human-experience
PhD researcher in the University’s School of Business and Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Katie Melvin has combined her academic research into bodily feelings and passion for visual art at a current exhibition held at Attenborough Arts centre.
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2 million boost for Leicester scientists to tackle hardtotreat cancers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/ps2-million-boost-for-leicester-scientists-to-tackle-hard-to-treat-cancers
Scientists in Leicester are set to benefit from almost £2 million to look into new ways to treat lung cancer and pancreatic cancer, two types of the disease that are among the most difficult to treat.
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Migrants experiences of life in UK is focus of University of Leicester event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/migrants-experiences-of-life-in-uk-is-focus-of-university-of-leicester-event
The experiences of migrants coming to live in London and Leicester will be the focus of a free interactive public event at Resource for London on 16 November.
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Partnership between Leicester Riders and our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-riders-partner-with-our-university
Our University is partnering with The Leicester Riders- national champions in British Club basketball.
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British developments in mining to be discussed at international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/british-developments-in-mining-to-be-discussed-at-international-conference
Professor Gawen Jenkin from the Department of Geology has been invited to Peru in September in order to discuss major British developments in mining and processing.
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Leicester research tests fundamental laws of physics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-research-tests-fundamental-laws-of-physics
A study that will ‘test our understanding of how the Universe works, particularly outside the relatively narrow confines of our planet’ is being undertaken by an international team of researchers led by our University.
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New online resource for local historians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/new-online-resource-for-local-historians
A new website makes available all the PhD theses completed by students at the Centre for English Local History. The collection comprises 100 theses covering subjects from medieval moats to hunting in Northamptonshire.
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Leicester professor is most productive and cited woman in urban geography
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-professor-is-most-productive-and-cited-woman-in-urban-geography
In a recent article published in the journal ‘Urban Studies’, Lily Kong and Junxi Qian analysed texts published about urban geography and urban studies between 1990 and 2010.
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Plans for extra Heathrow runway are already obsolete says University of Leicester academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/plans-for-extra-heathrow-runway-are-2018already-obsolete2019-says-university-of-leicester-academic
Dr Simon Bennett from the University's School of Business has told a Commons Transport Select Committee that plans to build a new runway at Heathrow are ‘already obsolete’.