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Cleaning up the oil industry
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/cleaning-oil-industry
Crude oil spills are one of the worst environmental disasters. Professor Hongbiao Dong explains the importance of moving away from fossil fuels, and how new welding techniques are reducing pipeline failure rates.
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Male DNA cracks crime and illuminates history
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/dna-and-crime
Professor Mark Jobling discusses how research into the Y-chromosome helps in solving crime.
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Archive of Alumni Magazines
https://le.ac.uk/about/info/publications/gryphon
Browse our archive of alumni magazines – formerly known as Graduates’ Review, now known as Gryphon. Gryphon is the best way to stay connected with news from the University and our alumni.
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Estefania Calo Garcia
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/study/visiting-scholar-scheme/estefania-calo-garcia
My name is Estefania Calo García, I am a PhD student at the Universidade da Coruña, in Galicia, Spain. I am a researcher of Sociology and the subject of my research is mainly about residential needs, urbanism and cities.
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What matters most in acute care?
https://le.ac.uk/gem/resources/outcomes/acute-care
This project aims to understand what matters to older people with frailty receiving acute care, and to develop methods for measuring these outcome goals.
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A summit on tackling loneliness and social isolation in Leicestershire is being held this week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/29-loneliness-social-isolation-summit
Lonely woman on bench 2275|The University of Leicester’s Unit for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement (DICE) along with Leicestershire County Council are bringing together partners in the public, voluntary, business and education sectors to better understand the...
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Scientists discover one of the most luminous new stars ever
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/scientists-discover-one-of-the-most-luminous-2018new-stars2019-ever
Astronomers have today announced that they have discovered possibly the most luminous ‘new star’ ever – a nova discovered in the direction of one of our closest neighboring galaxies: The Small Magellanic Cloud.
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Student project explores the experiences of women who entered into mixed Black Caribbean and White British relationships in Leicester between 1948 and the 1970s
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/student-project-explores-the-experiences-of-women-who-entered-into-mixed-black-caribbean-and-white-british-relationships-in-leicester-between-1948-and-the-1970s
A local mature student studying at our University is keen to hear from women willing to share information about relationships they are in/have had with men of different ethnic backgrounds to themselves.
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New community archaeology project in Market Bosworth receives Lottery funding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/new-community-archaeology-project-in-market-bosworth-receives-lottery-funding
Bosworth Links - a new community archaeology project that provides residents the opportunity to carry out excavations in order to learn more about their town’s history has received a grant of £29,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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Sofa generation causing epidemic of Type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/sofa-generation-causing-epidemic-of-type-2-diabetes-researchers-suggest
The nation’s lack of physical activity is leading to a new “sofa generation” at risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to Professor Melanie Davies (pictured), an internationally renowned expert in Type 2 diabetes and Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre.