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Chemotherapy-free treatment gives hope to adult leukaemia patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/25-chemotherapy-free-leukaemia-treatment
Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) may be offered a chemotherapy-free treatment in future, following promising results from a global study involving researchers in the Hope Clinical Trials Facility at Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester.
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Facilities
https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/facilities
Geography at the University of Leicester has state-of-the-art facilities, providing a world class environment for student learning. Find out more about our laboratories, our 3D stereo virtual reality theatre, our study centre, equipment and more.
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Leicester academic wins bronze medal for Team GB in Age Group European Championships Triathlon in Madrid
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/5-dr-charlotte-smith-competing-in-the-european-long-distance-triathlon-age-group-championships
Leicester academic Dr Charlotte Smith wins bronze for Team GB in Age Group European Championships Triathlon in Madrid
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DNA, genes and chromosomes for schools and colleges
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/dna/dna-schools-and-colleges
Genes influence what we look like on the outside and how we work on the inside. Take a look at genetic research designed for schools and colleges.
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Wasps may hold the secret to slowing down the ageing process
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/wasp-aging-leicester-biological
Scientists at the University of Leicester have discovered that jewel wasps can slow down their biological rate of ageing
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Clearing out student accommodation reaps rich rewards for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/12-bhf-collection
A charity scheme that encourages students to donate their unwanted items at the end of term instead of throwing them away, has saved an incredible 39 tonnes of items from being thrown away in Leicester.
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Student who started as a 12-year-old is youngest ever to graduate from our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/student-who-started-as-a-12-year-old-is-youngest-ever-to-graduate-from-our-university
A remarkable student, who just turned 15 last month, has gained a first-class Honours BSc degree in Mathematics from our University. Yasha Asley was only 12 when he embarked upon the three-year undergraduate degree.
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Do hate speech detectors discriminate against African Americans?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/23/do-hate-speech-detectors-discriminate-against-african-americans/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2019 Shocking article on arXiv.org from the at the Annual Meeting for the Association for Computational Linguistics 2019.
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tribute
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/jean-humphreys/tribute
Via, veritas, vita. A tribute to Jean Humphreys During several of our visits to see Jean when she was in the Nursing Home, she said to me in her inimitable Scottish way ‘I want you to preach me out’.
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About the School of Biological Sciences
https://le.ac.uk/biological-sciences/about
Learn more about the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Leicester. This school, which is part of the College of Life Sciences, is globally recognised for excellence in genetics.