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• Pioneering approach in family courts to support domestic abuse victims better

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/family-court-support

  The UK Government has begun a pilot pioneering an approach in family courts to support victims of domestic abuse, informed by Leicester research.

• Students given exclusive chance to meet an astronaut, see a space suit demonstration and learn about human space exploration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/26-students-dr-franco-malerba-italian-astronaut

  a spacecraft launching into space|Italy’s first astronaut talks to University of Leicester, MSc Space Exploration Systems students Italy’s first astronaut to fly in space, Dr Franco Malerba, is visiting the University of Leicester to talk to MSc Space Exploration Systems...

• Leicester experts praise translation of diabetes risk-testing tool

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-experts-praise-translation-of-diabetes-risk-testing-tool

  The translation of a tool to help people find out their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes has been described by Professor Kamlesh Khunti from the Diabetes Research Centre as a “breakthrough”.

• Leicester leads report into stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-leads-report-into-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates-in-the-uk

  A research team led from the University of Leicester has identified large differences across the UK in the numbers and rates of babies who die, even after taking account of known factors that influence the rate of death such as poverty, mother’s age and ethnicity.

• Making mental health a priority

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/mental-health-week

  To mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has reaffirmed the University of Leicester’s commitment to student and staff mental health.

• Midlands universities receive research awards to encourage collaboration and excellence in arts and humanities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/ahrc

  The University of Leicester is amongst only 50 universities to receive Doctoral Landscape Awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

• World Food Day (16th October)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/18/world-food-day-16th-october/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2019 See the  FAO official website  for details of this year’s theme on healthy diet.

• Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 29

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/29/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Leicester academic publishes analysis of contemporary photographer Luigi Ghirri

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-professor-publishes-analysis-of-contemporary-photographer-luigi-ghirri

  Dr Marina Spunta, Associate Professor of Italian in the University’s School of Arts, has co-edited a book (with Jacopo Benci) examining the work of leading Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri.

• Museum of the Bible opens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/museum-of-the-bible-opens

  The Museum of the Bible opened today (Friday) in Washington DC. The 430,000 sq ft Museum has involved University of Leicester academic Professor Gordon Campbell.