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Setting standards in stroke treatment
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/stroke-treatment
Improving the treatment of stroke - the fourth leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the UK.
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Local research study contributes to global findings which pinpoint genes for depression across ethnicities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/exceed
A University of Leicester study has contributed to the world’s largest and most diverse genetic study ever into major depression, helping to reveal nearly 300 previously unknown genetic links to the condition
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Jupiter awaits Junos arrival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/jupiter-awaits-juno2019s-arrival
Stunning new images and the highest-resolution maps to date of Jupiter at thermal infrared wavelengths give a glowing view of Juno’s target, a week ahead of the NASA mission’s arrival at the giant planet.
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Beyond content: learning outcomes and affective skills – University of Leicester.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2015/01/15/affective/
The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. Beyond content: learning outcomes and affective skills.
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Could human beings one day live on Mars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/could-human-beings-one-day-live-on-mars
The Mars One Mission hopes to create a human settlement on Mars by the year 2025 allowing people to live on the Red Planet, albeit in an enclosed environment.
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Leicester historian takes Hairy Bikers through Yorkshires past pubs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicester-historian-takes-hairy-bikers-through-yorkshire2019s-past-pubs
A new BBC series following the popular Hairy Bikers on a tour of historic British pubs features a historian from our University in its opening episode, discussing the pubs of Yorkshire’s past.
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 17
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/17/
I’m an Engineer! I’m a Scientist! Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 November 2020 PhD student Sam Frampton explains this excellent chance to engage with school students online, answer questions, and win money for outreach.
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Japan's earliest 'couple' identified
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/09-japan-fossils
Fossils of male and female shells of tiny bivalved crustaceans 700|Scientists have discovered fossils of tiny male and female crustaceans over 400 million years old in Japan An international team of scientists has discovered what is believed to be Japan’s earliest...
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 11
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/11/
SVOM Integration of Leicester’s MXT Optics Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 June 2021 The SVOM MXT telescope is being integrated by CNES in Toulouse, including the optics unit built at Leicester.
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Undergraduate courses
https://le.ac.uk/physics/study/undergraduate
Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester has one of the best staff-student ratios in the UK, a wide range of module choice, and the opportunity to be taught by academics who are passionately engaged in advancing their fields.