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Ocean temperature record unlocked from Fijian coral reveals highest warmth in over six centuries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/coral-warming
Unique 627 year-long record of ocean temperatures in the Fijian archipelago published by international team co-led by University of Leicester
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Projects
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/projects
COVID-19 National Core Study - Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration, part of the Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing Core study 2020-2022 Medical Research Council: £430,000; University of Leicester: Project lead: Professor John Gulliver CuBES Copper Basin...
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Digital Manufacturing and Management Research Group (DMM)
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/research/dmm
The Digital Manufacturing and Management research group (DMM) was created to promote and implement cross-disciplinary research in materials and process modelling to advance manufacturing through digitisation and data driven technologies.
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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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Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-breakthrough-study-origin-plant-sperm
A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility
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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study
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Spring 2021 newsletter
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/patient-carer-group/newsletters/spring-2021
Happy Easter, Patient and Carer Group! Following on from the winter newsletter, a time to reflect and to support each other as we move into a new phase, and gradually leave lockdown, and celebrate spring.
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Computer Science BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/computer-science-bsc/2026
Computer science is more than just knowing how to program. It’s about studying the core foundations of computing, managing real-world projects and preparing yourself to enter a field that’s constantly shaping the future.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/research
All academics in the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester are actively engaged in academic research, publishing their work both here in the UK and in the USA. Find out about our research projects.
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Preparing the king for reburial
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/reinterring/preparing-for-reburial
The team felt that Richard III’s burial container should be made using traditional craft methods, and all materials should be sourced from the British Isles, should be natural, and should have been readily available in the medieval period.