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University study will look at harmful air pollution in our homes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/air-pollution-leicester-study-funding
Researchers from the University of Leicester have been awarded £2 million to investigate how harmful particles in the air inside our homes affect the breathing and lung health of both children and adults
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Increased activity during the summer caused by genes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/increased-activity-during-the-summer-caused-by-genes
The warm temperature on a summer’s day is often a time for relaxing, but researchers from the Department of Genetics have suggested that a ‘thermosensory’ gene could be responsible for changes in behaviour in different climates.
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Study reveals seven in ten patients hospitalised with COVID-19 not fully recovered five months post-discharge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/covid-19-patients-not-fully-recovered
The majority of survivors who left hospital following COVID-19 did not fully recover five months after discharge and continued to experience negative impacts on their physical and mental health, as well as ability to work, according to results released by the PHOSP-COVID...
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D-Day memories are unearthed for 80th anniversary of the Landings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/d-day
East Midlanders’ D-Day memories have been unearthed by the University of Leicester to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.
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Governance
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance
Find out about the governance structure of the University of Leicester, with information on the President and Vice-Chancellor’s Office, the Registrar’s Office and more.
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Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching: Academic and staff blogs from the Uni
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/page/2/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Carceral Archipelago: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/page/3/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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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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RIBA Stirling Prize winner tours Landmark Engineering Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/riba-stirling-prize-winner-tours-landmark-engineering-building
Renowned architect Alex de Rijke who received the UK's top architecture honour in 2017, the RIBA Stirling Prize, for the design of Hastings Pier toured the landmark Engineering Building.
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Approaches to nuclear warfighting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/approaches-to-nuclear-2018war-fighting2019
A new study by a University academic argues that current passive and static conceptualizations of Chinese approaches to nuclear and conventional deterrence are no longer appropriate.