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Leicester’s Dr Hannah Young is the 2025 Donna Lamping Award Recipient
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/kidney-association-award-leicester
Dr Hannah Young, Specialist Research Physiotherapist at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, is the recipient of the UK Kidney Association's 2025 Donna Lamping MDT Researcher Award.
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University of Leicester named as one of the world’s most sustainable universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/17-worlds-most-sustainable-university-ui-greenmetric
UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2018 places the University of Leicester 35th in the world and 9th in the UK for sustainability.
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Earth Observation research detects methane over Poland’s coal mines
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/methane-mines
Following methane observations from the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, we can now observe regions with enhanced methane concentrations from strong point sources all over the world.
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The impact of online misinformation on U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/04/the-impact-of-online-misinformation-on-u-s-covid-19-vaccinations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2021 Paper from arxiv with the following findings: consistently, negative opinions toward vaccines are correlated with misinformation.
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Chinese Women’s Magazines of the Qing and Early Republican Period
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/28/chinese-womens-magazines-of-the-qing-and-early-republican-period/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2023 Chinese Women’s Magazines of the Qing and Early Republican Period A collaborative project funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the German Humboldt...
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Leicester scholar’s Bible ushers in new royal chapter (and verse)
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/coronation-bible-king-james
The Quatercentenary Edition of the King James Bible, prepared by University of Leicester academic Professor Gordon Campbell in 2011, will be used for the King's Coronation Oath.
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Astronomers find surprising shapes in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere over Great Red Spot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/jupiter-shapes
Scientists led by the University of Leicester using the James Webb Space Telescope have seen intricate structures in the infrared light from Jupiter's upper atmosphere
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A practitioner’s musings on theory and Quality Improvement – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2015/07/08/theory-and-quality-improvement/
As a PhD student and practising physiotherapist, Emma Jones is perfectly placed to consider the ways in which academic theory, often considered remote and confusing, can be used in day-to-day clinical practice.
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A ‘roar-some’ milestone: University of Leicester’s T. rex turns ten
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/26-university-of-leicesters-t-rex-turns-ten
The formidable replica of one of history’s most fearsome predators was unveiled ten years ago on 29 October
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers high-altitude jet stream at Jupiter’s equator
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/jupiter-jet-streams
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team including University of Leicester scientists has discovered a never-before-seen feature in Jupiter’s atmosphere.