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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.

• Pick your poison study examines the use of plant poison on prehistoric weaponry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/pick-your-poison-study-examines-the-use-of-plant-poison-on-prehistoric-weaponry

  Archaeologists have long believed that our ancestors used poisons extracted from plants such as foxgloves and hemlock to make their weapons more lethal and kill their prey more swiftly.

• Leicester ranked best city for new millennial businesses

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/14-millennial-business-ranking

  Leicester The Lanes, Leicester|New ranking by instantprint places Leicester number one for millennial start-ups.

• Survey aims to address research challenges for pharmacists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/pharmacy-survey

  A nationwide survey, led by the University of Leicester, has been launched to explore the challenges faced by pharmacy professionals to lead and deliver research

• New Leicester study reveals hidden heart risks in women with Type 2 Diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/heart-women-diabetes-leicester

  Women with type 2 diabetes are nearly twice as likely as men to have hidden heart damage, according to a major new study by Leicester researchers.

• Leicester Professor honoured with global award for life-saving disaster risk work 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/nibedita-ray-bennett-disaster-deaths-award

  The University of Leicester's Professor Nibedita Ray-Bennett has been awarded a prestigious Norio Okada Implementation Science Award for her work on disaster risk management alongside her long-time collaborator, Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita (Kansai University).

• Leicester researchers use satellites to tackle landfill methane leaks

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/satellites-landfill-methane-leaks

  Research team from the School of Physics and Astronomy and Space Park Leicester is testing how space-based technology can help find leaks and then assess whether repairs have worked

• Study into common health condition compares surgery to less invasive treatment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/dupuytrens

  Researchers from the University of Leicester have compared the effectiveness of surgery over a less invasive injection for the treatment of a common health condition

• Primary school pupils graduate before University of Leicester students

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/intouniversity-graduation

  Primary school children stole a march on University of Leicester students after graduating from the institution at the age of just 10 and 11.

• International studies confirm positive effects of weight loss medicine for people with obesity-related heart failure

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/obesity

  The results of two studies, led by Professor Melanie Davies, Director of the NIHR Leicester BRC and Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre, using weight loss medication, semaglutide, have now been published