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Student shares life-changing conversation with Prince Harry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/student-shares-life-changing-conversation-with-prince-harry
In a recent interview with the CBC, English student Mercy has explained how Prince Harry played a role in her journey to self-acceptance as a young person living with the HIV virus.
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Study reveals underlying genetic risks for a type of heart attack largely affecting younger women
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/heart
Study reveals underlying genetic risks for a type of heart attack largely affecting younger women
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What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles
But analysis of the ecological importance of grasshoppers is not straightforward, and finding out what they eat requires detailed study of the contents of their guts or painstaking and time-consuming observations of how they feed in the wild. There is, however, a better way.
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New Walk Museum vision
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/new-walk-museum-vision
This project set out to re-think the role of New Walk Museum and to identify a set of core values to inform future developments at the Museum.
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University of Leicester performs strongly on Student Voice and Organisation and Management in the National Student Survey
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/nss
University of Leicester students are positive about the organisation of their course and their opportunities to feedback on it, results in the National Student Survey (NSS) have shown.
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National Year of Reading 2026
https://le.ac.uk/library/get-involved/national-year-of-reading-2026
Everyone knows the benefits of reading: it expands your world, sharpens your mind. It might even make you more creative or successful. But increasingly, fewer of us are making time to read. We will be working with partners to celebrate the National Year of Reading 2026.
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Ground-breaking discovery could pave the way for new therapies to prevent cardiovascular disease and stroke
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/cholesterol-cells-stroke-cardiovascular
Researchers at the University of Leicester have discovered the mechanism by which cholesterol in our diet is absorbed into our cells
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Zhao Junwei
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/zhao-junwei
The University has learned with sadness of the death of one of our postgraduate students, Zhao Junwei.
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If you don’t know where you’re going you’ll end up somewhere else
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/11/03/if-you-dont-know-where-youre-going-youll-end-up-somewhere-else/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on November 3, 2016 When I was growing up in a small farming community in the west of Ireland there weren’t many options for a teenager on a Saturday night.
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Health outcomes of ethnic minorities living in cities explored in national report
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/ethnic-health
Leading professors from the University of Leicester and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in London have provided key recommendations in the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) annual report to enhance care for ethnic minority populations living in cities