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• The death penalty and international anti-drug operations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-death-penalty-and-international-anti-drug-operations

  A human rights campaigner is to speak at our University on how European Union support for anti-drug operations internationally should change in light of the increased use of the death penalty for drug offences.

• Type 2 diabetes risk score translated into south Asian languages

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/type-2-diabetes-risk-score-translated-into-south-asian-languages

  A risk score to identify people who are likely to develop Type 2 diabetes has been translated into two further languages. The part NIHR-funded Leicester Risk Score – which is recommended by health watchdog NICE, used by Diabetes UK and has attracted more than 1.

• Groundbreaking breath test for lung cancer in clinical trial

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/ground-breaking-breath-test-for-lung-cancer-in-clinical-trial

  A clinical trial led by Leicester respiratory experts into a potentially ground-breaking ‘breath test’ to detect lung cancer is set to get underway at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.

• Space Park Leicester developing technology for ultra-clean mini-lab to potentially contain extra-terrestrial samples returned to Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/space-park-leicester-technology-ultra-clean-mini-lab-extra-terrestrial-samples

  University of Leicester’s science and innovation park to lead on a European Space Agency project to build a Double-Walled Isolator (DWI) to support analysis of extra-terrestrial samples, to reduce the risk of cross contamination on Earth

• Leicestershire Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Doctoral Training Programme

  https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/healthcare-inequalities

  This prestigious Doctoral Training Programme (DTP) will look to address the unique health issues faced by Leicester and Leicestershire’s ethnically and culturally diverse population, recently amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Ex academia luxus: Or Why do we pay to access academic publications?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/12/15/why-do-we-pay-to-access-academic-publications/

  Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on December 15, 2017   In this week’s blog, School of Business doctoral student Secki Jose (spj15@le.ac.uk) explores why universities are paying more and more to access the knowledge that their academics produce.

• Second season of Bradgate Park fieldschool launched

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/second-season-of-archaeology-fieldschool-at-bradgate-park-launched

  The second season of the University's fieldschool at Bradgate Park will be launched on Monday 6 June.

• ESG, climate risk and sustainable innovation

  https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/fgsg/areas-of-research/esg

  Leading research on ESGs financial materiality and climate risk. Shaping business investment for global well-being and sustainable innovation.

• University joins local organisations in marking Holocaust Memorial Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/university-joins-local-organisations-in-marking-holocaust-memorial-day

  The millions of people killed in the Holocaust and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur will be remembered at an event at the University of Leicester on 28 January for Holocaust Memorial Day.

• Two thousand visitors expected to attend Family Day at Botanic Garden

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/botanic-garden

  The University of Leicester Botanic Garden will open its gates to members of the public next week for its annual family day.