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What is stress?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/06/20/what-is-stress/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on June 20, 2016 Those of us of a certain age may remember that “back in the day” an artist called Hadaway had a hit song (do people still use that phrase?) called “What is love?” It began with the lyrics “What is...
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Universities and colleges join forces to help Leicestershire’s young people decide their futures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/pathways-universities-join-forces
A partnership of universities and colleges working to raise aspirations in the region’s young people has engaged over 4800 from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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New research finds singing at work reduces stress and loneliness
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/15-singing-work-reduces-stress-loneliness
New research led by Dr Catherine Steele and Joanna Foster from our Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has revealed that belting out a tune in a choir at work can help to reduce workplace stress and feelings of social isolation.
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Leicester responds to sector financial pressures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-responds-sector-financial-pressures
The University of Leicester has invited staff to share feedback on proposals to secure its long-term future, amid growing pressures on the Higher Education sector across the UK.
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Research to improve welding process for manufacturing industries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/16-welding-improvement
Research to improve welding process for manufacturing industries abstract image of person welding|New research, led by the University of Leicester, will optimise the welding and additive and manufacturing process.
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Resources
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-inheritance/gene-inheritance-school-colleges/resources
Links to useful resources, discussing inheritance patterns for school and college students.
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New project to help tailor cancer treatments for individual patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/new-project-to-help-tailor-cancer-treatments-for-individual-patients
A new project led by Dr Julian Barwell (pictured) from the Department of Genetics hopes to help move the treatment of human disease from a 'one size fits all' approach to one of tailoring treatment to individual patients.
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David Bradshaw Creative Writing Residency
https://le.ac.uk/evelyn-waugh/david-bradshaw-residency
Find out more about the David Bradshaw Creative Writing Residency and the collaboration with the Evelyn Waugh Complete Works project.
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Dr Simon Leader
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/simon-leader
Roger Dickinson and Jim McKenna write: We have learned, with great regret, of the sudden and unexpected death of Dr Simon Leader at the age of 53.
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Improvement Science Fellowship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2017/02/14/improvement-sci-fellowship/
SAPPHIRE’s Natalie Armstrong has recently been awarded a Health Foundation Improvement Science Fellowship, in this blog she reflects on her experiences so far and what she’ll be getting up to over the next three years.