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Postgraduate Researcher Careers: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 7
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/page/7/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Arch Street Prison: A Prison without Convicts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/09/10/arch-street-prison-a-prison-without-convicts/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on September 10, 2015 By Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan.
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Legacies of a British penal colony: adivasis in the Andaman Islands
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/12/08/legacies-of-a-british-penal-colony-adivasis-in-the-andaman-islands/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on December 8, 2014 It is an unexpected pleasure to be back in the Andaman Islands for the first time in almost two years.
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Leicester to lead development of space instrument
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-to-lead-development-of-space-instrument
A space mission called SMILE (Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) which is a joint collaboration between scientists from the UK, Europe, Canada, the US and China, has received the go-ahead for an initial study phase this summer by the European Space Agency...
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Weight loss drug hope for patients with type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/weight-loss-drug-hope
Patients with type 2 diabetes that were treated with a weekly injection of the breakthrough drug Semaglutide were able to achieve an average weight loss of nearly 10kg, according to a new study published in The Lancet today.
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Blood clots during COVID-19 may be a cause of ongoing cognitive problems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/brain-fog
High levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including ‘brain fog’, giving a major clue as to one cause of their symptoms: blood clots
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Shedding light on historical stories of displacement and forced migration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/shedding-light-on-historical-stories-of-displacement-and-forced-migration
During Leicester’s 2018 Journeys Festival international, where the creative talents of exceptional refugee and asylum seeker artists are celebrated, the University of Leicester’s DICE unit is hosting an event entitled ‘Reckoning with Refugeedom.
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Leicester student research stories rated most out of left field in May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-student-research-stories-rated-most-out-of-left-field-in-may
The feasibility of crying a river and the plausibility of spells in the Harry Potter universe are the top two most interesting University research stories in May, according to a list by PR consultancy Gerard Kelly & Partners.
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Gene mutations and cancer for schools and colleges
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-mutations-and-cancer/school-and-colleges
Find out more about what the genetic mutation and cancer research centre offer and the corresponding resources for you to use in your academic studies.
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Biomechanics and Immersive Technology Laboratory
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/research/biomechanics-and-immersive-technology-laboratory
Explore Biomechanics and immersive technology laboratory research inside the Engineering department at the University of Leicester.