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Research suggests exercise counteracts sitting time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-suggests-exercise-counteracts-sitting-time
Office workers can stave off health problems associated with sitting down all day by regularly exercising, a new study from the Leicester Diabetes Centre has found.
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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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Leicester Professor elected Chairman of the Board of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-professor-elected-chairman-of-the-board-of-the-british-journal-of-anaesthesia
Professor David Lambert (pictured) of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences has been elected to Chair the Board of the British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA). The BJA is the #1 journal in category with an impact factor of 5.616.
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Students need “clarity and consistency”, says Leicester Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/clarity-a-level-results-nishan-canagarajah
The University of Leicester has today responded to the Government’s decision to base students’ A level and GCSE results on their teachers’ assessments.
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Report shows rate of stillbirths and neonatal deaths decreased in 2023 but persistent inequalities remain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/perinatal-loss-infancy-death-leicester
The MBRRACE-UK collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit and the University of Leicester’s TIMMS research group, has today published a ‘State of the Nation’ report on perinatal deaths of babies born in the UK in 2023.
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Prevention, Obesity and Diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/md7519
Module code: MD7519 If you are a healthcare professional or someone with an interest in obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes, then this is the module for you.
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Additional care requirements for mothers and newborn infants
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mw2015
Module code: MW2015 This module includes lead lectures and workshops that include case studies, group work, guided independent study and online learning to explore the different health conditions that may cause deviations from the normal physiology in the childbearing woman...
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Prevention, Obesity and Diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/md7519
Module code: MD7519 If you are a healthcare professional or someone with an interest in obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes, then this is the module for you.
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Information Visualisation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy7413
Module code: GY7413 This module focuses on information visualisation as an effective approach to exploring, analysing, and communicating knowledge from data.
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Information Visualisation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy7413
Module code: GY7413 This module focuses on information visualisation as an effective approach to exploring, analysing, and communicating knowledge from data.