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Pivotal moment in health and social care education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/quality-standards-house-of-lords
The Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE) has officially launched its Quality Standards for Pre-Registration Interprofessional Education (IPE) CAIPE Standards
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Growing the social role of botanic gardens
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/growing-social-role-of-botanic-gardens
Growing the Social Role stress tests the prevailing organisational cultures and structures of UK botanic gardens to see if they are fit for purpose for the 21st century.
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Phage biology
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/bacteriophages/phage-biology
Phage biology is the study of all aspects of bacteriophages (phages). Martha Clokie and colleagues have specifically worked with bacteriophages that target Clostridium difficile. Bacteriophage are studied with respect to therapy and diagnosis.
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Leicester Medical School
https://le.ac.uk/medicine
For over 40 years Leicester Medical School has produced skilled, professional and caring doctors equipped for the modern health service, with patient care their first priority. Our aim is to prepare new doctors to meet the challenges of health care in the 21st century.
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Psychology students complete placement in Sri Lanka
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-students-complete-mental-health-placement-in-sri-lanka
Over the summer, two Leicester students travelled to Sri Lanka to undertake a voluntary Mental Health Placement with SLV, a graduate-led volunteering organisation, which runs psychology-focused placements in Sri Lanka and also in Bali, Indonesia.
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Partners
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/partners
Taking a partnership approach with key organisations in the region, we can be more effective in making a transformative impact in communities and on society.
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Past events
https://le.ac.uk/stanley-burton/events/past-events
Browse past events which have taken place in the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
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Leap in modelling human impact on climate may lead to early warning of climate disasters
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/tipping-points
Mathematicians led by the University of Leicester have applied statistical mechanics to climate change detection and attribution for first time, showing how to separate the ‘signal’ of human-made climate change from the ‘noise’ of natural climate fluctuations
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Is there a gender pay gap?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/is-there-a-gender-pay-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 The latest report from the Resolution Foundation notes a reduction for women in their 20s but notes that over the career lifespan this widens.
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Physics and Astronomy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/paul_mcmillan/
Centenary celebrations Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 May 2025 The first students to study physics at what was then University College, Leicester were enrolled in 1925. A class of 10 students were enrolled, and a single lecturer appointed.