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Students to take part in cooking competition using Fairtrade ingredients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/students-to-take-part-in-cooking-competition-using-fairtrade-ingredients
University staff will be giving their best impressions of foodie TV personalities Gregg Wallace and John Torode as they grill students in a Fairtrade-themed MasterChef competition to mark Fairtrade Fortnight, taking place from 23 February to 8 March.
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Stop the clocks: Brisk walking may slow biological ageing process, study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/walking-speed-ageing
A new study of genetic data published today (Wednesday) of more than 400,000 UK adults has revealed a clear link between walking pace and a genetic marker of biological age.
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AI breakthrough could save lives through disease prediction and prevention
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/ai-patient-care
Artificial intelligence (AI) could help predict how an individual patient’s illness will progress and what treatment will be most successful to help them recover, saving lives across the globe, according to new research by the University of Leicester.
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Historian reveals Benedict Cumberbatch and Richard III are cousins
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/historian-reveals-benedict-cumberbatch-and-richard-iii-are-cousins
Leading historian and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Kevin Schürer, whose genealogy research helped to confirm the identity of King Richard III, has now discovered a link between Oscar-nominated actor Benedict Cumberbatch and the King.
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Saturday 25th August Sol 19
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/26/saturday-25th-august-sol-19/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 In the next few days we are expecting the first measurements by the SAM mass spectrometer instrument (inlet on the top surface of Curiosity) of the Mars atmosphere.
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AI tool for breast cancer patients following surgery will be trialled later this year.
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/artificial-intelligence
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Leicester, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict which breast cancer patients may be at risk of side effects after surgery and radiotherapy.
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Seeds from Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor tree take root in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/seeds-hiroshima-atomic-bomb-survivor-tree-take-root-leicester
Seeds from trees which survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima have taken root in Leicester in time for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.
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Madness, Monarchy and Politics from George III to Queen Victoria
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs2307
Module code: HS2307 In November, 1788, a story circulated that George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, had shaken hands with the branch of a tree, believing it to be the King of Prussia.
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Madness, Monarchy and Politics from George III to Queen Victoria
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs2307
Module code: HS2307 In November, 1788, a story circulated that George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, had shaken hands with the branch of a tree, believing it to be the King of Prussia.
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Madness, Monarchy and Politics from George III to Queen Victoria
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2307
Module code: HS2307 In November, 1788, a story circulated that George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, had shaken hands with the branch of a tree, believing it to be the King of Prussia.