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Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy3432
Module code: GY3432 "Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources." So said the then-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2012.
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The British Romany project
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/related-projects/the-british-romany-project
Background to the study This University of Leicester study is being carried out by Matt Sears who is studying for a PhD in the Centre for Regional and Local History. Matt is responsible for all the historical and genealogical research.
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Former childrens laureate Michael Morpurgo to speak to packed audience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/former-children2019s-laureate-michael-morpurgo-to-speak-to-packed-audience
The University is to welcome the popular and award-winning children’s writer Michael Morpurgo as he delivers its 2017 Annual Creative Writing Lecture this week to a packed house.
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Stirring things up in the Earths mantle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/stirring-things-up-in-the-earths-mantle
New insights into the convection patterns of the Earth’s mantle and its chemical makeup have been revealed by a researcher from our Department of Geology.
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Critical gaps in antenatal care identified in cases of term stillbirths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/critical-gaps-in-antenatal-care-identified-in-cases-of-term-stillbirths
A new study launched today has revealed key steps for hospitals to improve care for pregnant mums and babies.
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ITVs Code of a Killer concludes tonight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/itv2019s-2018code-of-a-killer2019-concludes-tonight
The concluding episode of the two-part ITV fictional drama ‘Code of a Killer’, based on Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys’s discovery of DNA fingerprinting at the University of Leicester and its first use in a murder enquiry, will air tonight (13 April) from 9pm.
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Student research examines how we can generate useful energy from earthquakes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/student-examines-how-we-can-generate-useful-energy-from-earthquakes
Research assistant Elliot Spender from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been featured by PhysicsWorld discussing how we could potentially harness the power of earthquakes in order to generate useful energy.
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Expert opinions cover film stunts football trade unions higher education and Beyonc
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/expert-opinions-cover-film-stunts-football-trade-unions-higher-education-and-beyonce
Professor James Chapman from the Department of the History of Art and Film has written an article for The Conversation discussing history's most well-known stunts.
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Leicester sponsors Special Recognition award at the British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards 2016
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/leicester-sponsors-2018special-recognition2019-award-at-the-british-ethnic-diversity-sports-awards-2016
Our University has sponsored an award that recognises the role that ex-professional footballer Paul Elliott has played in improving diversity and equality in the sport.
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Delayed publication of government-commissioned research inquiry unearths chaotic records and weak rules
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/delayed-publication-of-government-commissioned-research-inquiry-unearths-chaotic-records-and-weak-rules
A senior member of our University has welcomed a new report relating to government-commissioned research.