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• University of Leicester historian bestowed British Academy honour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/clare-anderson

  A University of Leicester expert on imperial and global history has been recognised for their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

• Study suggests corporations could be destroyed by psychopathic leadership

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/study-suggests-corporations-could-be-destroyed-by-psychopathic-leadership

  According to new research led by the Universities of Leicester and Coventry, investing in companies that have psychopaths in their higher echelons of power could be harmful to your wealth.

• Spring seminar series 2005

  https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2005

  Browse our 2005 spring seminar series in the Victorian Studies Centre.

• Insights into visual supersense provided by new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-researcher-gains-new-insights-into-human-visual-abilities

  An experiment originally designed to test the visual abilities of octopuses and cuttlefish has provided researchers with new insights into a human supersense – the ability to perceive the polarisation of light.

• Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-breakthrough-study-origin-plant-sperm

  A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility

• Events

  https://le.ac.uk/dickens-code/events

  Find out more about the events being held by us at the University of Leicester or events being held at other Universities or institutions.

• Older obese people no longer at higher risk, study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/obesity-heart-attack-stains-cardiovascular

  A new study suggests that older adults (over 40) with obesity now often have blood pressure and cholesterol levels similar to - or sometimes better than - people of a healthy weight.

• Jurassic calamari: amazing fossil proves that flying reptiles preyed on squid

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-pterosaur-vs-squid

  Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, flying close to the water surface to grab soft-bodied cephalopods such as Plesioteuthis subovata. Artwork by C Klug and Beat Scheffold.|An incredible fossil brought to light in a new research paper reveals the feeding habits of extinct flying reptiles.

• New portrait of Sir David Attenborough revealed in city

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-portrait-of-sir-david-attenborough-revealed-in-city

  A stunning new portrait of Leicester honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sir David Attenborough at Leicester’s New Walk Museum has been revealed by the man himself.

• 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