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Brexit and the EU Referendum
https://le.ac.uk/brexit
We realise that the process of the UK’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) represents considerable uncertainty for our students, staff and external partners. In many cases this can extend to individuals' professional and personal lives.
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Bolster adult careers advice now to improve the skills of the UK’s future workforce
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/rewage
A University of Leicester academic has authored a new report advising the Government to do more to improve The UK's future workforce.
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Immersive exhibition sheds new light on Calke Abbey’s ‘isolated’ family and gets people talking about loneliness and isolation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/01-calke-abbey
yh5TcsDZ540 The installation of the interpretation of the library as it was constructed.
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Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora with Christmas lightshow
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/webb-mysteries-jupiter-aurora-christmas-lightshow
Highest time resolution images of Jupiter’s infrared ‘dancing lights’ obtained by University of Leicester-led team on Christmas Day
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Silent witnesses: corals pinpoint the start of deforestation in Borneo
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/corals-pinpoint-deforestation-borneo
University of Leicester scientists analyse the chemical composition of corals to spot the signs of deforestation, filling a huge gap in environmental data on deforestation impacting coastal ecosystems
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Leicester engineers to stress test new technology to store waste heat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/energy-storage
A Europe-wide project developing a new electrothermal energy storage system involves materials experts at the University of Leicester and will take advantage of phase change materials (PCMs) to efficiently store heat
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Report shows rate of stillbirths and neonatal deaths decreased in 2023 but persistent inequalities remain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/perinatal-loss-infancy-death-leicester
The MBRRACE-UK collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit and the University of Leicester’s TIMMS research group, has today published a ‘State of the Nation’ report on perinatal deaths of babies born in the UK in 2023.
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Gut bacteria influence responses to immunotherapy in patients with asbestos related cancer, Leicester study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/gut-bacteria
A cancer study by a Leicester expert has found that certain gut bacteria may influence whether or not a patient’s immune system is successful in fighting mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer;
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Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ancient-fossils-vertebrates-four-eyes
Study by international team of researchers, including a University of Leicester palaeontologist, examines exquisitely preserved fossils from the Cambrian period
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Biology unlikely to drive ethnic differences in COVID-19 risk for healthcare workers, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/covid-biology
The differences in COVID-19 infection risk between ethnic minority healthcare workers and their White colleagues is likely due to home and work factors rather than biology, according to the largest and most detailed study on the subject, led by the University of Leicester,...