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Local schoolchildren to board a steam train in the name of science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/local-schoolchildren-to-board-a-steam-train-in-the-name-of-science
Schoolchildren from the East Midlands will be jumping on board a steam train on Friday 13 March to perform a classic science experiment as part of a University project organised by Dr Emma Chung from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences to mark the first day of...
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2million grant gives Leicester research team a helping hand
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/ps2million-grant-gives-leicester-research-team-a-helping-hand
Joe Dias (pictured), Professor of Hand and Orthopaedic Surgery in our Department of Health Sciences, and his colleagues at Leicester’s Hospitals have been awarded a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) grant of just under...
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How we use donated bodies
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/about/body-donation-programme/uses
Find out how we use donated bodies at Leicester Medical School, in line with the Human Tissue Authority regulations, as delineated in the legal framework of the Human Tissue Act 2004.
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Monitoring wound infections
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/national-cardiac-surgery-clinical-trials-programme/infection-prevention/monitoring-wound-infections
Explanation of how hospitals monitor patients after surgery to find out how many go on to develop a wound infection.
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What do I get?
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/fees-funding/what-do-i-get
What do you get for your tuition fee? Well, you get all this and more: Students’ Union The SU is the social hub of the university, providing space to meet, eat and relax, with more than 200 clubs and societies plus the UK's only on-campus O2 Academy.
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Student and graduate taking on 3100 mile trek across the USA pass halfway mark
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/student-and-graduate-taking-on-3-100-mile-trek-across-the-usa-pass-halfway-mark
Two amateur hikers who are taking on the challenge of a trek across the United States have spoken about their experience so far as they enter Wyoming – the halfway point of their journey.
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Expert opinions cover Claudio Ranieri Michael Gove teaching in the 21st century and much more
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-opinions-cover-claudio-ranieri-michael-gove-and-teaching-in-the-21st-century
John Williams, Senior Lectuer in Sociology, discussed the controversial sacking of Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri in an article for The Conversation.
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Local democracy in peril, warns Leicester academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/local-democracy
The threat to local democracy in the UK is the subject of a video interview with a University of Leicester academic on a top UK politics website. Tor Clark, a former newspaper editor and political journalist and now Associate Professor in Journalism, was interviewed by Politics.
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Sea levels influence eruptions on Santorini
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/santorini
The rise and fall of sea levels influence the likelihood of volcanic eruptions on the Greek island of Santorini, new research published in Nature has discovered.
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Young Leicester artists raise money for charity through ‘Hopefulness’ exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/aac-hopefulness
A new exhibition featuring the work of budding artists from Leicester College has opened at the Attenborough Arts Centre, the University of Leicester’s public arts programme. The Art and Design students were asked what ‘hope’ meant to them.