Search
-
Research reveals health inequalities for Black and South Asian women following gestational diabetes diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/gestational-diabetes
Black and South Asian women are up to three times more likely to develop certain long-term health conditions following a diagnosis of gestational diabetes than White women, new research presented at Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2022 has found.
-
Zoo poo might hold the secrets to new medical treatments
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/phages-dudley-zoo-poo
Scientists at the University of Leicester are hoping the collection of poo from tigers, elephants, rhinos and other exotic animals, could contain the secret to finding new medical treatments.
-
Discover the amazing benefits of volunteering
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/community/making-a-difference/benefits
benefits
-
Applied Linguistics MOOC
https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-applied-linguistics/2020
Language teachers, forensic linguistics, speech therapists and translators all work within the realm of applied linguistics. If you’re a lover of language, and want to know more about how it functions in our everyday lives, this online course is for you.
-
Travel
https://le.ac.uk/about/travel
Getting to Leicester and to the rest of the UK is made easy by the city’s central location within the UK and its excellent rail and road connections.
-
University of Leicester Professor of Astrobiology chosen to attend NATO panel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/astrobiology-professor-attend-nato-panel
Professor Mark Sims took part in the the NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO) Systems Concepts and Integration (SCI) Panel Research Specialists’ Meeting on dual-use space technology
-
Meet Lex….: key characters in the fictional world of Adventures with Lex
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/licl/2015/02/16/meet-lex-key-characters-in-the-fictional-world-of-adventures-with-lex/
Posted by jbarwick in Law in Children's Lives on February 16, 2015 Lex (and Rex) are key characters in the game we are developing as part of our ESRC-funded project, Law in Children’s Lives .
-
A legal war is no less lethal.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/helendexter/2016/07/08/a-legal-war-is-no-less-lethal/
Posted by Helen Dexter in I love to doubt as well as know: A blog about teaching and politics on July 8, 2016 The question of the legality of the war in Iraq was, quite deliberately, beyond the scope of Chilcot Enquiry and the report published yesterday makes no direct...
-
Tackling the climate crisis from space: Leicester puts quality data at the forefront of COP28 agenda
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/cop28-space-climate
Three University of Leicester experts will attend COP28 in Dubai to show the value of space technology in tackling climate change
-
UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad: 'The Struggle of Yazidis against IS'
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/un-goodwill-ambassador-nadia-murad
Summary of a talk to staff, students and public by Nadia Murad, who escaped from ISIS, given on 26 November 2016