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Research suggests most hate crimes against LGB and T victims go unreported
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-suggests-most-hate-crimes-against-lgb-and-t-victims-go-unreported
Fear of how they will be treated is leading to thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGB and T) not reporting hate crimes.
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Distance and online learning
https://le.ac.uk/study/distance-learners
How to study for a degree from home and the support you'll receive.
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Study finds plastic is changing the behaviour of the world’s river sediment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/catherine-russell
A University of Leicester expert has led a study which has found plastic pollution is changing the way riverbeds behave.
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Leicester scientists reveal new insights into the evolution of our solar system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/asteroid
Scientists in Leicester have been involved in a ground-breaking study of the most primitive building blocks of our solar system.
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Poverty in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/poverty-in-the-uk-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 4.5 million people are more than 50% below the poverty line, and 7 million people are living in persistent poverty in the UK.
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£14 million in funding announced for five research projects into land use and Net Zero
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/lunz-hub
The Land Use for Net Zero Hub, co-led by the University of Leicester and James Hutton Institute, receives £14 million funding for five projects.
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Space Park Leicester celebrates World Space Week with exclusive art exhibition by Matt Turner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/matt-turner-spl
A relaxed, self-led workshop on Tuesday 8 October will encourage visitors to create their own still-life drawings, using iconic Space Park Leicester exhibits such as the MIRI Model, Envisat, MeteoSat, Gaia, and "For Harmony and Wonder" as reference points
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Research reveals health inequalities for Black and South Asian women following gestational diabetes diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/gestational-diabetes
Black and South Asian women are up to three times more likely to develop certain long-term health conditions following a diagnosis of gestational diabetes than White women, new research presented at Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2022 has found.
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Research to develop revolutionary framework for assessing wellbeing in residents with dementia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/dementia
Specialist neurological care provider, PJ Care, has partnered with the University of Leicester in a unique research project that could revolutionise the assessment and care of residents who lack capacity.
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Meet Lex….: key characters in the fictional world of Adventures with Lex
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/licl/2015/02/16/meet-lex-key-characters-in-the-fictional-world-of-adventures-with-lex/
Posted by jbarwick in Law in Children's Lives on February 16, 2015 Lex (and Rex) are key characters in the game we are developing as part of our ESRC-funded project, Law in Children’s Lives .