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University of Leicester heart research receives £7 million funding boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/bhf-award
The British Heart Foundation has awarded £3 million to the University of Leicester (BHF) to support its world-class cardiovascular disease research over the next five years
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Legal drugs: all the pros and none of the cons?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/legal-drugs
Read the article "Legal drugs: all the pros and none of the cons?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Trainee medics take first aid skills to the streets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/trainee-medics-take-first-aid-skills-to-the-streets
A group of 15 medical students from our University working as the Leicester branch of national charity StreetDoctors is set to expand its already successful first aid training and education initiatives over the coming months.
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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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University of Leicester academic among recipients of prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/leicester-academy-springboard-award
University of Leicester academic recognized among a select group of ‘exceptional’ biomedical and health researchers awarded a total of £6.6 million in funding.
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Alumnus surpasses 100000 target for cancer research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/alumnus-surpasses-ps100-000-target-for-cancer-research
At the time of writing, Dr Mark Sims (pictured), who graduated from the University in 2013 with a Medicine MBChB, has raised a staggering £109,192 for Cancer Research UK through his JustGiving page.
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Introducing SKYLARK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/26/introducing-skylark/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 The SKYLARK rocket dominates our newly-revamped foyer in the School of Physics and Astronomy. This blog post provides some of the history of Leicester’s involvement in the SKYLARK project.
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Researchers create novel compound targeting melanoma cells
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/researchers-create-novel-compound-targeting-melanoma-cells
An international team of researchers, including a Professor from the University of Leicester, has developed a novel compound that successfully inhibits growth of melanoma cells by targeting specific epigenetic modifying proteins in these cells.
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Prolific Shakespearean actor Michael Pennington to take part in Literary Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/prolific-shakespearean-actor-and-recent-king-lear-michael-pennington-to-take-part-in-literary-leicester
Eminent stage actor, writer and director Michael Pennington will be delivering a talk and Q&A at our Literary Leicester festival on 16 November. Renowned for his performance as King Lear in New York 2014, Michael reprised the role for a major UK tour in 2016.
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Different strokes for different folks: Two patient safety tales
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2016/04/27/different-strokes-for-different-folks-two-patient-safety-tales/
Liz Sutton, qualitative researcher with the SAPPHIRE group, describes the need for a more context driven view of patient safety from a personal perspective.