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Study investigates public acceptability for placebos as replacement of unnecessary medicines
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/placebo
The wider use of placebos in primary care to reduce overprescribing, conserve existing antibiotics and limit further resistance, is publicly acceptable new study shows.
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Research Skills Training, Summer Term 2026
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2026/04/09/research-skills-training-summer-term-2026/
Research skills training program at the Univeristy of Leicester for the Summer Term 2026.
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A 10 minute walk a day could add a year to your life – study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/brisk-walk
A longer, healthier life could be as little as a ten-minute walk away, according to the findings of a new study conducted by researchers funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at the University of...
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New research centre to study the impact of the environment on human health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/cehs
The Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CEHS) draws on experts from a wide variety of research backgrounds to investigate and mitigate the health problems from air pollution, environmental noise, and low-level chemical exposures.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/6/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Andrew Dunn: Page 6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/6/
Academic Librarian.
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Leicester study to improve crop plants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants
Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.
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Saffia's story: from distance learning to campus study
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/study/distance-learning/undergraduate/saffia
Hear from our student Saffia, who started her undergraduate degree by distance learning and then transferred to campus for her second year of study.
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Webb Fellowship awarded for the study of giant planets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/webb-fellow
An early-career planetary scientist has been awarded the third-ever Webb Fellowship and will study the atmospheres of giant planets using the James Webb Space Telescope.
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2024
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2024
Archive programme for the Centre for Victorian Studies 2024 Seminar Programme.