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Peptide from fish could help in battle against cardiovascular disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/peptide-from-fish-could-help-in-battle-against-cardiovascular-disease
A major international review of a peptide originally found in fish that could be used in the battle against cardiovascular disease has been published.
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Love letter to Leicester Inner Ring Road may sooth the pain of city traffic jams
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/love-letter-to-leicester-inner-ring-road-may-sooth-the-pain-of-city-traffic-jams
A video produced by our University has been featured by the Leicester Mercury in an article discussing historical Leicester.
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University makes an impact in the local community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-makes-an-impact-in-the-local-community
The PROUD Podcast from the University of Leicester News Centre is continuing to unveil how University of Leicester staff and students are making a difference in the local community The programme showcases why the university is PROUD of its city: Promoting Health &...
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Project to strengthen reputation with South American mining sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/project-to-strengthen-reputation-with-south-american-mining-sector
A geologist from our University has been awarded a ‘Chile Prosperity Fund’ from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, aimed at developing and delivering Continuing Professional Development (CPD) short courses for the Chilean mining industry.
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Health and wellbeing
https://le.ac.uk/sustainability/impacts/health
Supporting staff and students in acknowledging and addressing the impacts of climate change on their physical and mental health.
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Guides and learning resources
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/structural-chemical-biology/facilities/facility-access/guides-and-learning-resources
We host the Midlands Regional Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility. This state-of-the-art facility is centred around the very latest 300 kV Titan Krios Cryo-EM.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/critical-creative-geographies/environmental-governance-and-social-justice/people
Meet the team behind Environmental Governance and Social Justice at the University of Leicester.
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University Provost discusses proposals for universities to run schools
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-provost-discusses-proposals-for-universities-to-run-schools
The University’s Provost Professor Mark Peel has written a piece for the Times Educational Supplement discussing the Government’s consultation paper ‘Schools that work for everyone’ – asking whether universities should also be required to run a school.
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Environmental laboratory
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/about/laboratories/environmental
The environmental laboratory is dedicated to the analysis of plant macro-remains from archaeological sites (archaeobotany or paleoethnobotany).
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Ceramics research laboratory
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/about/laboratories/ceramics
Our ceramics laboratory can be used for the preparation of a range of archaeological and geological materials for their use in transmitted microscopy.