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BBC Gardener Nick Bailey donates entire garden to the University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/bbc-gardener-nick-bailey-donates-garden
Director of the University of Leicester Botanic Garden kindly donates plants from his headline ‘Plant-based’ garden showcased at BBC Gardener’s World Live
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Academic discusses research into public attitudes following EU referendum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/academic-discusses-research-into-public-attitudes-following-eu-referendum
On Thursday 27 April 2017 Dr Simona Guerra (pictured) joined a panel at the LSE on Brexit and why British citizens voted Leave at the 2016 British EU membership referendum.
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From child prodigy to STEM champion, University of Leicester honours Anne-Marie Imafidon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/grads-imafidon
A former child prodigy who now inspires the next generation of women to get into science, technology, engineering and maths has been honoured by the University of Leicester.
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Prolonged periods of sedentary time strongly associated with amount of fat around internal organs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/prolonged-periods-of-sedentary-time-strongly-associated-with-amount-of-fat-around-internal-organs
A team of researchers from the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, UK – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, our University and Loughborough University - has found new evidence to suggest that longer periods of sedentary time (defined as any sitting/reclining...
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Pacific Equatorial Age Transect
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2009-10/pacific-equatorial
Expedition 321: Pacific Equatorial Age Transect/Juan de Fuca 5 May – 5 July 2009 Expedition 321 is grouped into the same science program as 320, and will continue the drilling, coring and logging program.
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Breakthrough research breathes hope into a new treatment for asthma
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/breakthrough-research-breathes-hope-into-a-new-treatment-for-asthma
An international team of scientists, led by the Universities of Leicester and Glasgow, have announced findings that could pave the way to a new treatment for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and reverse the key hallmarks of inflammatory lung disease.
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International empathic healthcare network expands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/empathy-network-international-leicester
A pioneering international network dedicated to championing the use of empathy in healthcare consultations to improve outcomes for patients and clinicians has expanded its reach.
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Evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare practitioners (In person)
https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study/healthcare-practitioners-in-person
Evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare practitioners (In person)
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Brexit Digital Library Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/brexit-digital-library-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 With the triggering of Article 50, here is an opportunity to compare the 1975 and 2016 EU referendum campaigns.
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Experiential learning: what does sleeping on cardboard tell me about homelessness?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/03/21/experiential-learning-what-does-sleeping-on-cardboard-tell-me-about-homelessness/
Posted by apatel in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on March 21, 2019 Trigger warning: this blog may be TMI for some people, so don’t read on if you are easily offended.