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Obesity ‘accelerates’ COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/covid-19-obesity
A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority groups than in White people, latest research published in the journal Nature Communications demonstrates.
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Using Leicesters landmarks to get children counting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/using-leicester2019s-landmarks-to-get-children-counting
A new book by the School of Education is bringing maths to life for young children across Leicester by using images of familiar locations around the city to help them find numbers and practise counting.
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Leicester history resources
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/leicester-history-resources
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Leicester Earth Observation expert unravels SpaceX spiral phenomenon for BBC’s The Sky at Night
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/earth-observation-expert-spacex-spiral-phenomenon
Professor Paul Monks gives his expert insight for the long-running BBC astronomy TV programme.
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Writing Prose Fiction
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en3174
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Writing Prose Fiction
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en3174
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Atmospheric Composition and Air Quality
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/earth-observation-science/atmospheric-composition-and-air-quality
We make extensive use of Earth observations to address issues of pressing societal need.
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The story of skeletons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/the-story-of-skeletons
What links the narwhal’s tusk, ancient trilobites, Richard III (and his drinking habits), tumbleweed, an argonaut, and the outstretched fourth finger of a pterosaur? They are among the cast of characters that feature in a new book by University of Leicester professors Jan...
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Central Italian Sculpture of the Sixteenth Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha3409
Module code: HA3409 This module studies the sculpture of Michelangelo and his contemporaries; assumptions about sculpture in theory, the intellectual and social context, stylistic development and iconography will be addressed.
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Leicester named one of the top 5 cities in the UK to start a business in 2018
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-named-one-of-the-top-5-cities-in-the-uk-to-start-a-business-in-2018
Research gathered by Paymentsense, Europe's leading merchant service provider, has shown that Leicester is one of the best cities in the UK for entrepreneurs looking to start a small business in 2018.