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Why public health campaigns and the BMI scale may do more harm than good- claim
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/why-public-health-campaigns-and-the-bmi-scale-may-do-more-harm-than-good-claim
Dr Oli Williams, Research Associate in the University’s Department of Health Sciences, has recently shared why well-intentioned public health campaigns such as the sugar tax might not have the intended effect, and potentially even exacerbate disparities in health.
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Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching: Academic and staff blogs from the Uni
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/page/8/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Inequality in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/inequality-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 Is London the most socially mobile place in the UK? See the latest report from the Social Mobility Commission.
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Botanic Garden
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/botanic-garden
Our Botanic Garden in Oadby is a major, and very visible, element of our community engagement.
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Fire and ice: the Antarctic volcanoes that hint at our climate future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-antarctica-volcanoes-climate
Professor John Smellie, Honorary Professor in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment, talks about his career and his love of the volcanoes of the Antarctic as he receives his second Polar Medal.
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Ultra-hot gas around remnants of Sun-like stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-stars
Stars (Left) Artist’s impression of the hot white dwarf GALEXJ014636.8+323615 (white) and its ultra-hot circumstellar magnetosphere (purple) trapped with the magnetic field (green). Credit: N. Reindl. (Right) Colour image of the white dwarf GALEXJ014636.
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Yu-Chun Kao: Digital Media at the National Palace Museum, Taiwan
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/yu-chun-kao
Museum Studies graduate Catherine Sargent talks about life and her career after getting her degree from the University of Leicester.
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Expert opinions cover the shaming of expornstar Sunny Leone mechanical doping and how ethnic minority students are excelling in schools
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/expert-opinions-cover-the-shaming-of-pornstar-sunny-leone-and-how-ethnic-minority-students-are-excelling-in-schools
Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing the recent interview between Bhupendra Chaubey and ex-pornstar Sunny Leone, which was widely criticised on social media.
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Urban and Industrial Change in the Midlands 1700-1840
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/research/urban-and-industrial-change-in-the-midlands
The University of Leicester's Leverhulme Trust Research Grant for the Urban and Industrial Change in the Midlands 1700-1840 project.
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University of Leicester announces partnership supported by Art Fund with leading UK museums, galleries and heritage organisations to advance trans inclusion.
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leading-museums-trans-inclusion-partnership
The University of Leicester's Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) has established a partnership supported by Art Fund – the national charity for art – with leading UK museums, galleries and heritage organisations to support a bold and ambitious step change...