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  • Project to help reduce unsafe abortion death rates in disaster zones

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/project-to-help-reduce-unsafe-abortion-death-rates-in-disaster-zones

    New research led by Dr Nibedita S Ray-Bennett from the School of Management will look into the sexual and reproductive health issues in disaster-prone areas during times of humanitarian crisis.

  • Could scream power meet Britains energy requirements

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/could-screams-meet-britains-energy-requirements

    Screams extracted from the population of Britain, as seen in the Disney and Pixar film Monsters, Inc,. could theoretically be used to generate enough energy to power the country, according to a Natural Sciences student from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science.

  • History and Security Sector Reform: Crime and Punishment in British Colonial Guyana, 1814-1966

    https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/history-and-security-sector-reform

    Over the past two years there has been a general shift in models of incarceration in the former British colony of Guyana, from punishment (punitive measures) to correction and rehabilitation (via training and education).

  • Hidden histories revealed at Bradgate Park

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/hidden-histories-revealed-at-bradgate-park

    In just the first two weeks of a five-year archaeological project at Bradgate Park, a team of students and staff from the University have unearthed thousands of years of history.

  • Chancellor

    https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/court/chancellor

    Award-winning space scientist, broadcaster and author, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, joined the University of Leicester as Chancellor on 1 March 2023.

  • Bake Off and Gardeners’ World stars top the bill at Leicester festival

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/bake-off-gardeners-world-stars-leicester-festival

    Stars from Gardeners’ World and The Great British Bake Off top the bill of a family friendly festival taking place in Leicester.

  • Getting the Richard III discovery team back together 10 years on

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/richard-iii-podcast

    The team behind the discovery and identification of the remains of King Richard III has reunited for a podcast series.

  • Celebrating 50 years of knowledge transfer partnerships

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/celebrating-50-years-knowledge-transfer-partnerships

    The University of Leicester hosted a KTP@50 event to mark five decades of transformative collaboration between academia and industry through the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme.

  • Ancient climate change solves mystery of vanished South African lakes

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/south-africa-lakes

    Arid regions of South Africa were once home to lakes, a University of Leicester-led study has confirmed. Scientists have used modelling to determine the climate and ecology at the time.

  • Schools are key to raising aspirations for next generation of doctors

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/schools-are-key-to-raising-aspirations-for-next-generation-of-doctors

    Teachers and careers advisers are key to improving access to the medical profession for young people in some of the country’s most socially disadvantaged areas – but universities must reach out to give them the support that they need, says the new Head of our Medical School.

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