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• University involved in international food crop study to address Global Challenges

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/university-involved-in-international-food-crop-study-to-address-global-challenges

  Efforts to improve sustainable crop development are being spearheaded by a collaboration between the University of Leicester, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the University of Addis Ababa.

• Study shows genetic link to fatal health condition could aid future treatment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-shows-genetic-link-to-fatal-health-condition-could-aid-future-treatment

  Thousands of lives could be saved every year after it was discovered a fatal cardiovascular condition could be linked to four genes, research has found.

• Black and Mixed Black women needed for breast, ovarian and uterine cancer study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/black-women-breast-ovarian-uterine-cancer-study

  University researchers are looking for Black and mixed Black women to take part in a study looking at their awareness of breast, ovarian and uterine cancer.

• 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2024

  Archive programme for the Centre for Victorian Studies 2024 Seminar Programme.

• Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae, study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/saturn-aurorae

  Dr Tom Stallard, Associate Professor in Planetary Astronomy at the University of Leicester, added: “The University of Leicester has long been involved in measuring the effects of this new discovery – we’ve observed how the pulsing aurorae and the wobbling magnetic field lines...

• Study suggests Mobile Scan and Pay Technology could promote supermarket theft

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-suggests-mobile-scan-and-pay-technology-could-promote-supermarket-theft

  Allowing customers to scan products and pay for them using their own mobile phones or iPads is becoming an increasingly common sight in retail outlets.

• Leicester author shares untold story of Mary Attenborough

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/mary-attenborough

  Much of the book has been informed by documents including letters, diaries and photographs held in the care of the University of Leicester’s archive collections.

• Joanna Story

  https://le.ac.uk/people/joanna-story

  Professor Joanna Story researches early medieval history, with her work on early medieval manuscripts and art helping to improve our understanding of early European history and culture.

• New study exposes causes behind criminal case backlogs in England and Wales 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/police-crime-cps-england-wales-criminal-case-backlog

  A University of Leicester-led study has unearthed critical factors delaying the progression of criminal cases from police investigations to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for charging decisions in England and Wales.

• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/162/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester