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• Leicester researchers to evaluate training for health and adult social care staff in England

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/oliver-mcgowan

  Researchers from the University of Leicester are to investigate whether the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, introduced for health and adult social care staff following the death of autistic teenager Oliver McGowan is meeting the needs of people with a learning disability...

• Leicester engineering Professor honoured

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-engineering-professor-honoured

  The new Head of the Department of Engineering is one of 50 of the UK’s finest engineers to be elected as new Fellows to the Royal Academy of Engineering on the day of its 40th annual general meeting.

• Leicester type 2 diabetes programme significantly improves health outcomes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/leicester-type-2-diabetes-programme-2018significantly2019-improves-health-outcomes

  People who take part in a type 2 diabetes education programme developed in Leicester say it makes them feel “empowered” to manage their condition better.

• Exploring explosions in space

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/making-waves

  Exploring gamma-ray bursts, the enormous, distant explosions in space.

• In the Land of the Blind the One-eyed Man is King

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/05/07/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-man-is-king/

  Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on May 7, 2020 This morning I watched a Youtube Video (hey, aren’t I down with the kids  ), about a researcher advocating the view that communications about the Covid-19 pandemic are being manipulated to force people...

• Space sector needs ‘greater imagination’ to tackle skills challenge, expert warns

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/space-sector-house-of-lords

  Professor Martin Barstow from Space Park Leicester and the University of Leicester contributes to a new House of Lords report

• Sarah Casewell

  https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/sarah-casewell

  Sarah is the Co-Chair for The Women’s Forum, which supports the work and careers of women at the University.

• Drugs legislation requires review, says academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/drugs-misuse-scarman-lecture

  The main piece of legislation used to combat illegal drug use in the UK is no longer fit for purpose, according to a leading criminologist at the University of Leicester.

• 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.

• Queen's Anniversary Prizes

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/queen-elizabeth-ii/queens-anniversary-prizes

  Celebrate the excellence with three special projects to have received royal recognition