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Regular exercisers should be reassured by results of heart study, experts claim
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/heart-study
A study by University of Leicester researchers, investigating the belief that too much exercise can be bad for the heart has found that the heart’s structure and function does adapt to high levels of habitual physical activity but these changes stay within normal ranges
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Human fingerprint on forest disturbance patterns as viewed from space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/forest-structures
A team of researchers from the UK and Europe used remote sensing data to describe the landscape structure of forest disturbances and assess how these differ across regions and under human influence
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Made in Italy. Italian Design and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/it3146
Module code: IT3146 In this module, we will explore the history and evolution of Italian design and fashion, two of the most important industries and major sources of Italian soft power.
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Made in Italy. Italian Design and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/it3146
Module code: IT3146 In this module, we will explore the history and evolution of Italian design and fashion, two of the most important industries and major sources of Italian soft power.
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Made in Italy. Italian Design and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/it3146
Module code: IT3146 In this module, we will explore the history and evolution of Italian design and fashion, two of the most important industries and major sources of Italian soft power.
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Victorian Perspectives
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en7405
Module information with key themes such as social and cultural issues pertinent to the Victorian period of literature, as part of University of Leicester MA.
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Victorian Perspectives
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/en7405
Module information with key themes such as social and cultural issues pertinent to the Victorian period of literature, as part of University of Leicester MA.
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Research project will help those affected by Huntington’s disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/leicester-huntingtons-disease-award
Clinical psychologist Dr Sarah Gunn, from the University of Leicester, has been awarded nearly £2 million to advance her work in the field of Huntington’s disease
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Leicester championed as UK’s top recruiter to RECOVERY trial
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/recovery-trial
The Leicester COVID-19 research team, made up of researchers and clinicians from the University of Leicester and Leicester’s Hospitals, were championed at the daily Number 10 press conference on Tuesday 16 June, as being the top recruiter to the national RECOVERY trial.
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Historian to speak at Holocaust events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/historian-to-speak-at-holocaust-events
The Holocaust and its legacy will be explored at three events in the city and county Professor Aubrey Newman, Emeritus Professor in the School of History.