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• First Cowrie Scholar excited to shine ‘positive light’

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/cowrie

  The first recipient of a Cowrie Foundation Scholarship at the University of Leicester designed to provide opportunities for talented Black British students has described her excitement at becoming a role model to a new generation of students.

• Waugh Geography quiz

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/04/04/geographyquiz/

  A geography quiz based on the novles of Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1986

• The Appeal of Hybrid Working

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2022/10/16/the-appeal-of-hybrid-working/

  Homeworking’s contradictory nature means in its pure form it can never be a perfect answer, but this means that hybrid working has the potential to be an alternative imperfectly perfect working arrangement.

• The father of DNA fingerprinting pays tribute to a team effort

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/dna-technicians

  The man who discovered DNA genetic fingerprinting has paid tribute to two of his former University of Leicester colleagues who played a key role in the scientific breakthrough.

• Modern-day insights from how segregationists sold their message on US television

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/how-segregationists-sold-their-message-on-us-television

  The effective use of national television broadcasts by white segregationists during the civil rights movement could provide valuable insights into the persistence of white nationalism in the United States today in a project by a PhD student from the Universities of Leicester...

• Publications

  https://le.ac.uk/cehs/publications

  2024 – 2025  Jephcote C, Gulliver J, Development and evaluation of rapid, national-scale outdoor air pollution modelling and exposure assessment: Hybrid Air Dispersion Exposure System (HADES), Environment International, Volume 197,2025,109304,ISSN 0160-4120,...

• Researchers identify how multiple genes impact vision development and result in rare sight disorder

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/fovea-genes

  An international team of health researchers have, for the first time, described how genetic defects influence the spectrum of vision development and cause problems in developing babies’ eyes.

• Fellowships

  https://le.ac.uk/research/doctoral-college/fellowships

  The University of Leicester’s Doctoral College champions, supports and grows the research talent pipeline - from postgraduate research students (PGRs) through to early career researchers.

• Researchers identify simple methods to prevent heart attacks and stroke

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/researchers-identify-simple-methods-to-prevent-heart-attacks-and-stroke

  Simple pharmacological solutions to prevent heart attacks and stroke worldwide have been proven effective by an international team involving Leicester researchers.

• Charity Status

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/documents/charity-status

  See the details of our status as an exempt charity within the meaning of Schedule 2 of the Charities Act 1993.