Search
-
Pharmacists based within care homes make them safer for residents, research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/care-home-pharmacies
Research by the University of Leicester has shown that basing pharmacies in care homes makes them safer for residents.
-
Leicester professors urge NHS to tackle diabetes before its too late
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/leicester-professors-urge-nhs-to-tackle-diabetes-201cbefore-it2019s-too-late201d
Two leading Leicester professors have urged the NHS to take action on the type 2 diabetes “ticking time bomb”.
-
Top 10 New Years resolution lifestyle tips
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/top-10-new-year2019s-lifestyle-resolution-tips
Working out with friends, exercising in short bursts and binning faddy supplements are some of the ways people can keep fit and help prevent chronic disease in the New Year.
-
Study suggests seated upper body physical activity can reduce risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes made worse by sitting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-suggests-seated-upper-body-physical-activity-can-reduce-risk-of-heart-disease-and-type-2-diabetes-made-worse-by-sitting
A new study conducted at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), including researchers from our University, has found that breaking up prolonged bouts of restful sitting with short, frequent bouts of simple seated arm exercises can benefit obese patients at high...
-
New course to teach how modern museums can improve health and human rights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/new-course-to-teach-how-modern-museums-can-improve-health-and-human-rights
The world’s first ‘Massive Open Online Course’ (MOOC) in Museum Studies is to be launched by the University, providing people with the opportunity to learn about how the modern 21st century museum can contribute to agendas such as social justice, human rights and health and...
-
American Studies student to take the long way home for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/american-studies-student-to-take-the-long-way-home-for-charity
A student will join one of his oldest friends on a daunting 60-mile-a-day cycling trip from Austria to England in a mere 24 days.
-
Leicester Discovery International Summer Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/summer/study/discovery
The Leicester Discovery International Summer Programme is aimed at students of all disciplines who wish to experience a taste of studying at a British university whilst learning about life in the UK and improving their English and academic skills.
-
Project overview
https://le.ac.uk/ageing-and-reading/overview
This research project involves co-registration: simultaneously recording eye movements using a high-precision eye-tracker and electroencephalographic (EEG) measures of brain activity from electrodes placed on the scalp during natural sentence reading.
-
Leicester secures a Rugby Varsity double
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/leicester-secures-a-rugby-varsity-double-against-de-montfort-university
The University of Leicester's women and men's Rugby teams have secured a double Varsity victory over players from De Montfort University during matches played on Wednesday 18 March.
-
Professor Carlo Panara appointed Head of Leicester Law School
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/carlo-panara
University of Leicester has announced that Professor Carlo Panara has been appointed as Head of Leicester Law School. Professor Panara comes to Leicester after four years and a half as Director of the School of Law at Liverpool John Moores University.