Search
-
Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system
An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.
-
Sir David and Michael Attenborough officially open Centenary Square
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/14-sir-david-attenborough-officially-opens-centenary-square
On Sunday 11 November 2018, hundreds of students, staff, alumni and members of the community joined Sir David Attenborough and his nephew Michael Attenborough on campus to pay their respects to those from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who made sacrifices during the...
-
Academic and adventurer describes climbing and cataloguing remote regions of the South American Andes mountains
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/academic-and-adventurer-describes-climbing-and-cataloguing-remote-regions-of-the-south-american-andes-mountains
Dr Suzie Imber from the Department of Physics and Astronomy is giving a talk about a unique adventure which saw her scale and catalogue a remote corner of the Andes mountains.
-
Preparing for an interview
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/interviewing/preparing
Learn more about preparing for your interviews and browse a checklist for what to do in the run up to conducting your interview.
-
Next step for Pioneer Park development
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/next-step-for-pioneer-park-development
Work that will pave the way for the development of a space park at Leicester’s Pioneer Park could get under way in spring next year.
-
Leicester’s Jupiter research cited on new Royal Mail set
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/05-jupiter-stamp
The latest commemorative stamps from Royal Mail celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society. And the work of space scientists in our School of Physics and Astronomy gets a mention. Jupiter’s auroras feature on one of the £1.55 stamps.
-
Annabelle Sreberny
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/annabelle-sreberny
The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Annabelle Sreberny, former Director of the Centre for Mass Communication Research. Annabelle Sreberny was born on 5 September 1949 to parents who had come to Britain as Jewish refugees.
-
Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/microplastic-colours
Study led by University of Leicester concludes that colourants in plastic can affect the rate at which it breaks down and can lead to more harmful microplastics released into the environment
-
Leicester academic selected by Commission for Countering Extremism for research on the Far Right
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/09-commission-for-countering-extremism-papers
The independent Commission for Countering Extremism has today (Tuesday 9 April) announced that Dr Chris Allen, Associate Professor in Hate Studies in the University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies, as one of the leading academics it has commissioned to write a research...
-
Virtual proctoring of English tests privacy notice
https://le.ac.uk/policies/privacy/students/virtual-proctoring-english-tests
Find out how the English Language Teaching Unit handles your data as an applicant or student at the University of Leicester.