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Gene study provides AI insight into a leading cause of dementia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/gene-study-ai-dementia
Artificial intelligence expert at University of Leicester supports study of vascular smooth muscle, which are affected by NOTCH3, a gene known to play a role in small blood vessel diseases
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British summer holiday habits of the past explored by Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/british-summer-holiday-habits-of-the-past-explored-by-leicester-researchers
Visiting different countries and traveling the world is a common way people spend their summer holidays - but the historical British summer holiday would have been a much less frequent and far more local affair.
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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 5
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/5/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Two Leicester professors join prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/08-academy-medical-sciences-fellows
The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected Leicester’s Professor Chris Brightling and Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga to their esteemed Fellowship, as announced today, Wednesday 8 May.
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Leicester engineer receives top award from HRH The Prince of Wales
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-engineer-receives-top-award-from-hrh-the-prince-of-wales
Mechanical Engineering student Abike Looi- Somoye has been presented with a national award by HRH The Prince of Wales at the annual Industrial Cadet Awards event in London.
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Leicester staff celebrate victory for the blues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-staff-celebrate-victory-for-the-blues
Not content with showing their true-blue colours in advance of Leicester City Football club’s arguably season-clinching game on Sunday, our staff are celebrating the local football heroes’ confirmed Premier League victory on Monday in a variety of ways.
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Setting the record straight
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/record
University of Leicester statement regarding the film The Lost King
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World Internet Report 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/world-internet-report-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 The Center for the Digital Future has issued the latest annual edition of the World Internet Project Report.
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UK Government’s Tweets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/uk-governments-tweets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 National Archives to capture tweets and social media created by the UK government Their website has a direct link to the Twitter archive and a YouTube archive...
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Link between inherited DNA sequences and heart disease identified
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/link-between-inherited-dna-sequences-and-heart-disease-identified
A study to examine recessively inherited genome-wide DNA sequences has for the first time discovered a potential link with Britain’s biggest killer – Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).