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Libby Jackson on 20 Years of ISS – National Space Centre Q&A
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/29/libby-jackson-on-20-years-of-iss-national-space-centre-qa/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 29 October 2020 Join the National Space Centre for a Facebook live Q&A with Libby Jackson, from the UK Space Agency, on 4 November at 19:00.
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Multi-million pound boost for University of Leicester’s ability to improve and save lives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/brc-funding
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has been funded for £26 million over the next five years.
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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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Is homework pointless?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/is-homework-pointless/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 With the return of the university academic year some TV programmes have discussed whether homework matters.
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Diwali celebrations come to the Students Union
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/diwali-celebrations-come-to-students2019-union
The Students’ Union has announced its line-up for this year’s Diwali Day on Wednesday 11 November 2015.
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Bear Hunt
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/primary-programmes/we-are-going-on-a-bear-hunt
Learn more about the We Are Going on a Bear Hunt programme that we offer to primary school children.
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Recognising the support needs of victims
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/research/recognising-the-support-needs-of-victims
Learn about our report on recognising the support needs of victims - a piece of research conducted by the University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies. The research examined the specialist support needs of hate crime victims in Hertfordshire.
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Acarajé Diaries Day 0 – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/06/24/acaraje-diaries-day-0/
Project co-investigator embarks on a research trip to Salvador, Bahia in Brazil to find out more about the bahianas do acarajé.
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Researcher publishes parliamentary report on the rise of fake news
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/researcher-publishes-parliamentary-report-on-the-rise-of-fake-news
Katie Raymer, who is studying for a PhD in our Department of Physics and Astronomy, has co-authored a report as part of her STFC internship with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology examining how people access news and information and the rise of fake news.
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Empathy expert addresses global audience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/prototypes-for-humanity-empathy-artificial-intelligence
Empathy expert Professor Jeremy Howick is among the speakers addressing fellow academics on global health challenges in Dubai this week