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Blood suckers fluid dynamics explain how quickly a vampire could drain your blood
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/out-for-blood-fluid-dynamics-explain-how-quickly-a-vampire-could-drain-your-blood
Throughout human history there have been tales of vampires – bloodsucking creatures of folklore that prey on their victims by draining their life essence, usually via the blood.
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Celebrating diversity during LGBT+ month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/12-lgbt-history-month
As part of a month long celebration of diversity, we are hosting a series of events to mark LGBT+ History Month, which runs from Monday 3 February to Friday 13 March 2020.
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Three-million dollar trial aims to help people with multiple chronic health conditions.
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/perform
The University of Leicester is partnering with Monash University in Australia, the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Bio Medical Research Centre (BRC), and Glasgow University to undertake a multi-million dollar trial to evaluate an exercise...
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Five shortlisted from University of Leicester in the UK’s only awards for technicians in academia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/papin-prize-shortlist
Five individuals and teams from the University of Leicester are in the running for Papin Prizes, dedicated to celebrating technical excellence and innovation in higher education and research.
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Resources
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/school-and-colleges/ethics/resources
Access to the genetics and ethics resources for higher education students to aid academic learning.
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University of Leicester celebrates Black History Month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/bhm
The University of Leicester is holding a number of events to mark Black History Month, alongside its Students’ Union and Attenborough Arts Centre.
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Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/wolf-hall-thomas-more-and-the-turks
Professor Norman Housley from the School of History has written an article about the BBC drama 'Wolf Hall', which portrays aspects of Tudor life, including diction, with what he describes as 'outstanding' historical accuracy.
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Leicester wins Duolingo’s University Challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-wins-duolingo-university-challenge
Dr Fiona Ashmore from the University of Leicester has been crowned the first winner of the Duolingo English Test University Challenge.
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Major investment to establish an innovative research-community driven infrastructure for molecular biology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/digital-research
Five years on from the COVID-19 pandemic, there remains a vital need for further research into preventing disease with the development of new drugs and technologies, so that people live longer and healthier lives
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Posters
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/mrem-conference-2023/posters
The following posters were displayed at the Midlands Racial Equality in Medicine Network Conference on 11th March: 1. An Extended Literature Review on the Racial Disparities that Exist in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease in the UK.