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• Life-saving equipment made publicly available

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/life-saving-equipment-made-publicly-available

  Our University has installed its first community public access defibrillators (cpads) which are available for use by staff, students and members of the public in an emergency.

• The weekend effect in hospitals: Why we need evidence to underpin policy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2016/09/16/the-weekend-effect/

  Professor Julian Bion and Dr Carolyn Tarrant discuss the complex evidence behind the weekend effect and efforts to implement 7-Day Services, including results from the HiSLAC study, and emphasise the importance of using independent evidence to underpin healthcare policy.

• The Production of News

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/ms2000

  Module code: MS2000 News is now everywhere in our lives: on our mobile phones, on our laptops and tablets, on our TV screens. More importantly, news is vital for any democratic society.

• The Production of News

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ms2000

  Module code: MS2000 News is now everywhere in our lives: on our mobile phones, on our laptops and tablets, on our TV screens. More importantly, news is vital for any democratic society.

• The Production of News

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ms2000

  Module code: MS2000 News is now everywhere in our lives: on our mobile phones, on our laptops and tablets, on our TV screens. More importantly, news is vital for any democratic society.

• Five reasons why we need to look at childbirth and the media

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/five-reasons-why-we-need-to-look-at-childbirth-and-the-media

  An academic from our University has discussed ways in which the media shapes society’s perceptions, anxieties and emotions arising out of birth.

• Swirlonic super particles baffle physicists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/swirlonic

  In recent years, active, self-propelled particles have received growing interest amongst the scientific community.  Examples of active particles and their systems are numerous and very diverse, ranging from bacterium films to flocks of birds or human crowds.

• New poll reveals 8 out of 10 students rate university ‘learning experience’ as most important

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/post-covid-survey

  New research commissioned by the University of Leicester has revealed how post-COVID, ‘learning experience’ matters most to students (82%), followed by ‘gaining independence’ (78%), green open spaces (78%), and mental health and wellbeing (64%).

• Volcanoes, Tectonics and Mineral Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/solid-earth/volcanoes

  Volcanology research investigates the evolution of the Earth’s crust and its interrelationships with the mantle and atmosphere/ocean system.

• Space telescope researcher sets her sights on Parliament

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/space-telescope-researcher-sets-her-sights-on-parliament

  MPs will get an insight into the future of space-based telescopes when a Leicester scientist presents her work into x-ray optics.