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Increasing attendance at libraries and leisure centres
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/increasing-attendance-at-libraries-and-leisure-centre
New research has identified potential ways to encourage public attendance at libraries and leisure centres.
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Mars Sample Return DWI
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/projects/mars-sample-return
The University of Leicester is leading a UK consortium of industry and academia to develop a Double Walled Isolator (DWI) Qualification Model (QM) for the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return Campaign.
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Past events
https://le.ac.uk/country-house-technology/events/past-events
Organisations and events to which the project team have contributed 2021 Like a well-oiled machine? Lecture for The Trevithick Society, 11 June 2021, 6pm (delivered remotely) Like a well-oiled machine? Lecture for English Heritage Volunteers, 3 June 2021, 6pm...
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University of Leicester ranked in UK top three for COVID-19 research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/leicester-ranked-in-uk-top-three-for-covid-19-research
Leicester has been ranked as one of the top performing universities in the UK for COVID-19 research.
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Richard III and Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester
Richard III visited Leicester often, both as a boy and as Duke of Gloucester. When king, Richard stayed in Leicester at least five times. Ultimately, it became his final resting place after the Battle of Bosworth when his corpse was returned to Leicester.
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New research shows link between BMI and depression
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/bmi-depression
New research by academics at the University of Leicester has found that your risk of depression increases with a higher Body Mass Index (BMI) – which is bad news for those who have put on the dreaded ‘corona-stone’ during lockdown.
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Joe Orton: 50 Years On
https://le.ac.uk/joe-orton
The Joe Orton: 50 Years On project sought to commemorate three of Joe Orton's plays (Loot, Entertaining Mr Sloane and What the Butler Saw) on the 50th anniversary of their premieres. Find out more about the project.
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Innovation of the Year Award win for Leicester's Hospitals Cardiology Team
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/innovation-award-cardiology
A team who developed a ‘virtual ward’ to safely treat patients with an abnormal heart rhythm from their own homes in Leicester has been recognised for its innovative work with an award from the Health Service Journal.
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Out of print
https://le.ac.uk/ulas/publications/monographs/out-of-print
The Prehistory of the East Midlands Claylands Patrick Clay Leicester Archaeology Monograph 9 (2002) The extensive claylands of the East Midlands have seen little research and do not figure greatly in prehistoric studies.
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Participants’ reflections
https://le.ac.uk/dons-yardies-posses/network-participants/reflections
Reflections on participating in Jamaican Organised Crime: Aesthetics and Style, Leicester, 2018 Tracian Meikle (PhD candidate, University of Amsterdam) I have been doing my PhD for nearly five years now, which means that I have been to many conferences, symposiums, workshops,...