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How to support your premature child at school webinar now available to watch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/webinar
A webinar with useful information for parents and carers of prematurely born children is now available to view.
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Raptorman is conservation hero
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/international-accolade-for-graduate-whose-mission-is-to-save-vultures
A Leicester graduate has been honoured by HRH Princess Royal for his conservation work to save vultures. Dr Munir Virani gained a Master’s degree in 1994 and a PhD in 2000, then under the supervision of Professor Emeritus David Harper.
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Empathy experts share ground-breaking work on global stage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/empathy-conference
A Leicester team which is on a mission to provide the NHS with empathic and compassionate doctors and nurses has shared its work on the global stage
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Leicester announces major COVID vaccination programme, as 9 out of 10 students favour jab
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/student-vaccine
Sample study showed 93% of undergraduate students were willing to get vaccinated Vaccine is not a mandatory requirement for campus study Students back return to in-person teaching The University of Leicester has announced a major COVID-19 vaccination programme,...
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Two Leicester archaeologists win prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/leverhulme-prize
Two academics from the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History have each been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize.
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Evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams
https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study/healthcare-teams
Find out more about the evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams course at the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare.
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Student Sophie on a mission to promote heart health after the loss of her dad
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/defib
A student who found her father lying dead on the driveway is behind a raft of measures to raise awareness of heart-related deaths at her university.
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University of Leicester hosts 100th birthday festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/changemakers-festival
The University of Leicester welcomed students, staff, alumni and guests from the local community on Saturday in celebration of the University’s Centenary.
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Unravelling the Minion genome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/unravelling-the-2018minion2019-genome
Based on what we know of the minions from the popular Despicable Me films – and the Minions movie current playing at cinemas – they could, in theory, have a complex genetic make-up similar to humans, according to Natural Sciences students Krisho Manoharan and Ruth Sang Jones.
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Airbus Intelligence relocating to Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/24-airbus-space-park
artist impression of space park campus|The University of Leicester is pleased to announce that Airbus plans to relocate their Leicestershire-based Earth Observation expert team to Space Park Leicester when their current lease expires.