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• Campaign raises awareness of cancer symptoms women should look out for

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/uterine-cancer-womb-campaign-leicester

  A campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of womb cancer and increase earlier diagnosis among Black and ethnic minority women is showing signs of success

• Major heart attack study reveals ‘survival paradox’: Frail men at higher risk of death than women despite better treatment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/heart-attack-frailty-sex-leicester

  Pioneering research from the University of Leicester and NIHR challenges the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to heart attack care, adding critical nuance to the debate on sex disparities

• Major investment planned for Students’ Union as O2 Academy era comes to an end

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/major-investment-students-union-o2-ends

  The University of Leicester outlines plans to invest in the future of student spaces across the Percy Gee Building.

• University of Leicester partners with local Violence Reduction Network and Home Office to tackle violent crime

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/serious-violence

  Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Violence Reduction Network, in partnership with the University of Leicester and the Home Office, will welcome policy-makers, practitioners and academics from across the UK to share new research insights and best practice on preventing and...

• Peniche Fado

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/11/10/peniche-fado/

  Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on November 10, 2014 During a recent trip to Portugal I took the chance to visit the fortress of Peniche, situated on the rocky coast in the homonymous village, approximately one hundred kilometres north of Lisbon.

• Licences

  https://le.ac.uk/dbs/legislative-responsibilities/licences

  The University of Leicester holds three licences with the Home Office in order to carry out testing and research on animals.

• Staff and student engagement

  https://le.ac.uk/sustainability/staff-student-engagement

  As Citizens of Change, we recognise that environmental sustainability is everyone’s responsibility.

• Beneath the feathers how bones reveal the beauty of bird anatomy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/beneath-the-feathers-how-bones-reveal-the-beauty-of-bird-anatomy

  Thought-provoking illustrations showing how the bones of over 200 species of bird are constructed will be shown at the University as part of a new publication by artist and educator Katrina van Grouw between 12 – 1pm in the Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 1 on Thursday 12 February.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 714 April

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-7-14-april

  Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an article for The Conversation exploring how it could be a good idea to discuss topics such as sex, rape and pornography in classrooms in order to properly educate young people about...

• Disparity in cultural sector funding deprives regional museums libraries and heritage sites

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/disparity-in-cultural-sector-funding-deprives-regional-museums-libraries-and-heritage-sites

  An academic from the School of Museum Studies has suggested that disparities in funding for the cultural sector at a regional level results in cultural institutions and programmes in many areas of the UK being deprived of vital resources.