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Leicester Pro-Vice-Chancellor discusses studying at several universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-pro-vice-chancellor-discusses-studying-at-several-universities
In the recent Higher Education and Research Bill, the Government proposes that students should get transferable credits for modules and feel free to move between higher education providers.
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First Findings of the ‘Work-Life Balance and the Pandemic’ Study Amongst University Employees
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2021/01/18/first-findings-of-the-work-life-balance-and-the-pandemic-study-amongst-university-employees/
Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on January 18, 2021 “Well-being amongst university employees fell between May and September 2020, and increased loneliness and an inability to detach from work accounted for this.
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Study shows slow walking pace is good predictor of heart-related deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-shows-slow-walking-pace-good-predictor-of-heart-related-deaths
A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University - has concluded that middle-aged people who report that they are slow walkers could be at higher risk...
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Lahore to Leicester pathway – agreement gives Pakistan students a truly international study experience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/lahore-leicester-pathway-agreement-pakistan-students-international-study-experience
A new agreement between the University of Leicester and the University of Central Punjab (UCP) will see students split their studies between Pakistan and the United Kingdom.
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Developing new audiences and promoting social inclusion
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/developing-new-audiences
RCMG was pleased to work in partnership with research consultants Morris Hargreaves McIntyre on this project for Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museums Wales.
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40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/patterns-temperature-jupiter
An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiter’s upper troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere where the giant planet’s weather occurs and where its signature colourful...
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Study into asthma provides a paradigm shift in understanding of lifethreatening condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/study-into-asthma-provides-a-paradigm-shift-in-understanding-of-life-threatening-condition
A new study led by our University to understand how to improve the health of severe asthma patients has made a breakthrough finding, with the discovery being described as a ‘paradigm shift’ in understanding the life-threatening condition.
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MA Scholarship Award Holders Announced
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/08/01/ma-scholarship-award-holders-announced/
Posted by David Revill in School of English Blog on August 1, 2014 Congratulations! to the following four applicants who have each been awarded a £2000 MA Scholarship : Mariette Cracknell (MA Victorian Studies),Kelsyn Delaney (MA Modern Literature and...
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Sheep urine study examines impact of greenhouse gas
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/sheep-urine-study-examines-impact-of-greenhouse-gas
Dr Mick Whelan and Professor Heiko Balzter from our Department of Geography have just started a three-year NERC-funded project to explore the interaction between livestock (sheep) grazing behaviour, urine composition and subsequent nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from urine...
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About the project
https://le.ac.uk/dickens-code/about
Learn more about the overview of 'The Dickens Code' project, including the many different areas of academia that will benefit from understanding more about the unique shorthand that Dickens used.