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About the project
https://le.ac.uk/colonial-countryside/about
Learn more about the Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted project within English research at the University of Leicester.
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Space Park Leicester developing technology for ultra-clean mini-lab to potentially contain extra-terrestrial samples returned to Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/space-park-leicester-technology-ultra-clean-mini-lab-extra-terrestrial-samples
University of Leicester’s science and innovation park to lead on a European Space Agency project to build a Double-Walled Isolator (DWI) to support analysis of extra-terrestrial samples, to reduce the risk of cross contamination on Earth
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Funding opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/bhf-accelerator/funding-opportunities
The British Heart Foundation Accelerator Award will fund several new posts for high calibre researchers early in their careers and provide them with the training, mentoring and support to enable them to become the research leaders of the future.
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Reimagining workforce planning and staff retention through AI and data analytics powered OSI model
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/healthcare-innovation-policy-and-management/reimagining-workforce-planning-and-staff-retention-through-ai-and-data-analytics-powered-osi-model
The NHS staff shortage has been at the front and centre of the 2024 elections. However, simply hiring new staff is insufficient, given the lengthy training pathways and the limited pool of international recruits.
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Exposure to air pollution associated with increase in sedentary time, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/pollution
Long-term exposure to current levels of UK air pollution has been found to be associated with an annual increase of up to 22 minutes of sedentary time each day, in a study published in the Journal of Public Health.
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AI analysis of urine can predict flare up of lung disease a week in advance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/lung-study
A University of Leicester-led study has used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse patient urine samples and predict when symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will flare up according to a study published today in ERJ Open Research.
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Wider-reaching solutions urgently needed to reach realistic ‘net zero’, warn researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/landscape-decisions-net-zero
The group do, however, recognise that “swift action is essential, otherwise we head deeper towards an inability to reach net zero carbon targets, contribute to biodiversity collapse and, promote societal disengagement with landscapes”.
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Academic staff
https://le.ac.uk/cssp/people/academic
Find out more about academic staff in the School of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy.
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On the staff: the rocking chair years University of Leicester staff blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/17/on-the-staff-the-rocking-chair-years/
Posted by Gordon Campbell in School of English Blog on September 17, 2013 In most professions, retirement means stopping work, taking a long holiday, and turning to charitable and leisure pursuits, or possibly to drink.
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Tackling complex issues with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/03/06/tackling-complex-issues-with-lego-serious-play/
Posted by in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on March 6, 2017 I suspect we’ve all come across LEGO at some point in our lives: either through fond memories of childhood building, or slightly more painful memories as parents stepping on stray...