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• Beehold our hivestar bumble abode

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/bee-hold-our-hive-star-bumble-abode

  Ahead of World Environment Day on Sunday 5 June, students at the University are helping to build replicas of insect natural habitats in two new locations in Leicester.

• Harem and Hijab: Writing about Women in Islam from the 17th Century to the Present

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3162

  Module code: EN3162 The word harem, derived from the Arabic word haram meaning forbidden or sacrosanct, came to the Western world in the 17th century by means of the Ottoman Empire.

• New Alzheimers Advance

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-alzheimer2019s-advance

  Work done at Leicester has helped to identify a new drug target for not only improving symptoms of brain degeneration – but also to extend the life-span of the terminally ill mice.

• MRI research that gets to the heart of the matter

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/26-mri-research-that-gets-to-the-heart-of-the-matter

  Insight into heart disease to be presented at University of Leicester’s Frank May Prize Lecture 2018 on 29 October

• Leicester supports post-COVID regional recovery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/uuk-getting-results

  The University of Leicester is working with employers, partners and local leaders to help support post-COVID regional recovery in the East Midlands, by encouraging skills growth, create jobs and help retain expertise and knowledge within the area.

• Media features President and Vice-Chancellor speaking on gender equality campaign

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/media-features-president-and-vice-chancellor-speaking-on-gender-equality-campaign

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has spoken about Leicester’s involvement in the UN Women’s HeForShe solidarity movement in the media, explaining how it is fitting that the University of Leicester should be chosen among only 10 universities in the world that...

• Rethinking nuclear weapons strategies

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/nuclear-button

  Our research has been influential in raising international awareness of nuclear threats, encouraging governments and policymakers to modernise their thinking.

• Leicester celebrates continued success with the Turing Scheme

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/turing-scheme-leicester-students

  The University of Leicester is proud to announce it has secured over £900,000 further funding through the UK Government’s Turing Scheme.

• Award-winning US medical correspondent to appear at international empathy conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/global-empathy-conference

  CBS News’ award-winning Chief Medical Correspondent Jonathan LaPook will be among the world-class speakers appearing at the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network Symposium in Leicester later this year.

• Professor Stephen Wood to present research highlighting the importance of employee involvement

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/stephen-wood-presents-research-highlighting-the-importance-of-employee-involvement

  The School of Management’s Stephen Wood, Professor of Management, will be speaking at a UKWON symposium on Bringing wellbeing, mental health and productivity together in the workplace of the future at E.