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Leicester research aims to tackle overheating in children’s hospital wards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/leicester-research-overheating-childrens-hospital-wards
The University of Leicester is part of a study which aims to reduce the health risks posed by children’s hospital wards heating up due to climate change.
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“Richard III is a good conversation opener…”
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/sarah-hainsworth
Professor Sarah Hainsworth OBE, looks back at the most thrilling chapter of her career.
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International day marks the issues behind avoidable deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/avoidable-deaths-network-international-awareness-day
The third instalment of an annual global day of awareness of the issues around avoidable deaths takes place this week.
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Large-scale study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during COVID-19 lockdown
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/covid-bmi
A large-scale study of almost a million UK adults led by Leicester researchers has revealed that under 45s and women were more likely to gain weight and jump a body mass index (BMI) category during COVID-19 lockdown.
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Sky at Night scientist is unveiled as next University of Leicester Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/margaret-aderin
Space scientist and presenter of the BBC’s The Sky at Night, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, is to be installed as the new Chancellor of the University of Leicester.
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Network Participants
https://le.ac.uk/crime-representation-anglophone-caribbean/network-participants
Meet the team involved in this exciting international research network brought together to develop our understanding of the historical, cultural, political and socioeconomic contexts of crime in the Caribbean.
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Sensational discovery of previously unseen Adrian Mole diary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/sensational-discovery-of-previously-unseen-adrian-mole-diary
Teenage intellectual Mole achieved fame in the 1980s for his astute, observational journal cataloguing middle class domestic life in a Leicester household. He has been cited by some critics as “a modern day Pepys.
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King’s Coronation tree to put roots down at University of Leicester beauty spot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/tree
The King’s personal representative for Leicestershire has chosen a much-loved University of Leicester beauty spot as the location for an official Coronation tree.
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University statement on industrial action
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/university-leicester-statement-industrial-action
We are deeply disappointed that strike action by members of the Leicester University and College Union (UCU) will resume next week.
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Leicester’s Vice-Chancellor calls for a “focus on fairness” on university admissions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/focus-on-fairness
Professor Nishan Canagarajah calls on UK universities to “focus on fairness” and bridge the gaps in prospective students’ learning.