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Unique Iron Age shield found by Leicester archaeologists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/23-enderby-iron-age-bark-shield
A unique bark shield from the Iron Age has been discovered by archaeologists from the University of Leicester, the only one of its kind ever found in Europe.
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Disturbed sleep may partially explain Long COVID breathlessness, find researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/covid-and-sleep
A major UK study has discovered that the disturbed sleep patterns in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 was likely to be a driver of breathlessness
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Melanie Simms
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/ms745/
Professor of Work and Employment.
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Kirsty Woodward
https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/kirsty-woodward
Kirsty initially started in Residential and Commercial Services. When Residential and Commercial Services and main campus teams merged to become Campus Services, she became the overall leader of that team and set about making it a success.
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New University of Leicester-led research project to monitor wetlands from space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/13-earth-observation-wetlands-leicestershire-rutland
A new Earth observation for wetlands project led by the University of Leicester, in conjunction with the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, will enhance monitoring of Rutland Water and the Soar and Wreake River Valleys for nature conservation.
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Discovery of Ancient Super-eruptions Suggests the Yellowstone Hotspot May Be Waning
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/blog/2020/07/08/discovery-ancient-super-eruptions-suggests-the-yellowstone-hotspot-may-be-waning/
Posted by in University of Leicester Staff Blogs on July 8, 2020 Spectacular deformation (folding) within the Grey’s Landing Ignimbrite.
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The origin of humans a tale of tangled roots
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/the-origin-of-humans-a-tale-of-tangled-roots
Dr Daniel Zadik from the Department of Genetics has written an article for his blog examining evidence regarding where humans originated.
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New Years Honours University links
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-years-honours-university-links
Members of our University have again been recognised in The Queen’s New Year’s Honours. Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, who discovered genetic fingerprinting at this University, has been has been appointed as a Companion of Honour (CH).
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Surveillance and Power – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/10/21/the-protection-of-knowledge-as-the-production-of-ignorance/
Posted by Tomasz Wisniewski in School of Business Blog on October 21, 2014 Geoff Lightfoot and Tomasz Wisniewski, Senior Lecturers in the School’s Finance and Accounting Group, describe information asymmetry as a politically prevalent predicament about which we should all be...
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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...