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  • Schoolchildren discover power of genetics at Leicester

    Schoolchildren discover power of genetics at Leicester DNA helix|From discovering dead kings to solving murders - 600 schoolchildren learn how science changes lives Hundreds of schoolchildren will turn into super sleuths at our University using genetics to crack codes and...

  • Nationwide strikes start across UK universities

    National strike action across higher education institutions starts again today, after members of the University and College Union (UCU) voted in favour of action relating to changes to the USS pension scheme, pay and conditions.

  • Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event

    The study was led by Dr Isabel Sauermilch, researcher at the University of Tasmania and Utrecht University, and shows that these events were much more closely linked than previously thought.

  • £8.4m for new COVID-19 research

    PHOSP-COVID is the first UK wide study to assess the health impacts of COVID-19 on patients and their rehabilitation.

  • Harnessing the ‘wisdom of crowds’ can help combat antibiotic over prescription

    A new study has demonstrated that using  the ‘wisdom of crowds’ (also known as collective intelligence) of three or more medical prescribers, can improve decisions about antibiotic prescribing and help combat rising levels of antibiotic resistance.

  • Diwali celebrations come to the Students Union

    The Students’ Union has announced its line-up for this year’s Diwali Day on Wednesday 11 November 2015.

  • Suite of Richard III videos made available to the public

    The University has made a suite of documentary footage available to media and the public ahead of the reburial of King Richard III on Thursday 26 March.

  • Researchers create novel compound targeting melanoma cells

    An international team of researchers, including a Professor from the University of Leicester, has developed a novel compound that successfully inhibits growth of melanoma cells by targeting specific epigenetic modifying proteins in these cells.

  • PhD researcher publishes Parliamentary briefing into role science can play in international relations

    Emmeline Ledgerwood from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has published a briefing on Science Diplomacy based on research conducted during her 3-month RCUK policy fellowship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology in London.

  • Leicester academic to publish translated book looking at the development of medicines

    A book, translated by an academic from the University’s Department of Cancer Studies, which looks into the process of drug development will be published in July 2017.

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