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• University of Leicester experts urge Britain to get on its feet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/sitting

  To mark On Your Feet Britain Day, researchers at the University of Leicester are urging workers across the country to take part in the SMART Work programme, following a stark reminder of the very real risks of sitting too much.

• Decoding gigantic insect genome could help tackle devastating locust crises

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/locusts

  A ‘game changing’ study deciphering the genetic material of the desert locust by researchers at the University of Leicester, could help combat the crop-ravaging behaviour of the notorious insect pest which currently exacerbates a hunger crisis across many developing countries.

• Projects

  https://le.ac.uk/nurc/projects

  Project 1 – Superslab, modelling of inclusion formation and floating, tundish flow optimisation Summary About 95% of steel production worldwide is made using the continuous casting process.

• Criminology BSc

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/criminology-bsc/2027

  Leicester is 6th in the UK for teaching Criminology (The Guardian University Guide 2025). Our experts will lead you through a comprehensive study of crime and justice. View our degree entry requirements.

• Groundbreaking research into cancer treatment receives financial boost

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/liquid-biopsies

  Groundbreaking research to track how cancers evolve and investigate what treatments work best, has received a £455,000 financial boost.

• Top tips for making decisions during Clearing, from an expert in decision making

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/five-tips-making-decisions-clearing-expert-decision-making

  As young people across the country prepare to find out their A-level results, a University of Leicester psychologist and expert in decision making has given her top tips for those facing a big decision in Clearing.

• Our history

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/about/history

  The Department of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester - the first of its kind - was founded in 1966 by Raymond Singleton, with the intention of developing expertise in all areas of the academic study and applied profession of museums and heritage.

• Evelyn Waugh project will be ‘one of the great monuments of twenty-first century literary scholarship’

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/17-evelyn-waugh-praise

  Praise from Times Literary Supplement for University of Leicester project to publish novelist Evelyn Waugh's entire output.

• Richard III reburial sees Leicester Cathedral visitor numbers soar

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/richard-iii-reburial-sees-leicester-cathedral-visitor-numbers-soar

  The 'ongoing fascination' with King Richard III has seen a rise in people visiting Leicester Cathedral according to new data compiled by Visit Britain, a national tourism agency funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

• Academic clinical fellow wins Research Bursary and NIHR Poster Prize

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/academic-clinical-fellow-wins-research-bursary-and-nihr-poster-prize

  An Academic clinical fellow from our University’s College of Life Sciences has recently been awarded a Cancer Research UK Research Bursary and NIHR poster prize for his ACF research project.