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Research
https://le.ac.uk/heritage-and-culture/research
Research centres in the School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester
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Procession route for Kings cortege announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/procession-route-for-kings-cortege-announced
Preparations are underway for a ceremonial procession bringing King Richard III’s mortal remains to their final resting place in the heart of Leicester.
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Scientists celebrate successful operation of Space Camera
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/scientists-celebrate-successful-operation-of-space-camera
Scientists from the Department of Physics and Astronomy are finally able to celebrate after an anxious month since the launch of Astrosat, the first Indian satellite dedicated to astronomical observations.
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Screening of Type 2 diabetes needs reviewing research suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/screening-of-type-2-diabetes-needs-reviewing-researchers-suggest
The process for screening for Type 2 diabetes or those at high risk of the condition needs “careful re-evaluation”, according to the first study on the effectiveness of testing methods which has been led by the Diabetes Research Centre.
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Creating tomorrow’s cardiovascular research leaders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/tomorrows-cardio
The University of Leicester has been awarded more than one and a half million pounds by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to fund a 4-year PhD Programme to train the next generation of research leaders in cardiovascular science.
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Catrin Pritchard
https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/catrin-pritchard
Catrin received her MA in Biochemistry from Jesus College, Oxford University in 1983, and in 1987 she finished her PhD at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund on mapping of the male determining gene on the human Y chromosome.
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Classical Greece since the Enlightenment
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3805
Module code: HS3805 Module Outline Shelley declared ‘We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts have their root in Greece.
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University of Leicester proud supporters of the 2023 Leicester Business Festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/business-festival
The University of Leicester are delighted to be playing a key role in supporting the Leicester Business Festival, running from 6 to 17 November.
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Ministerial visit highlights efforts to enhance empathy in healthcare led by the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/ministerial-visit
The Minister for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health, has spent a morning speaking to University of Leicester experts about how empathy can help reduce health outcome disparities by ethnic groups
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Study aims to tackle overprescribing across England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/medication-review
A £2.4 million study led by the University of Leicester is underway to reduce the amount of unnecessary or inappropriate medications prescribed to older patients