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Leicester to award prestigious scholarships
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-to-award-prestigious-scholarships
Our University has been awarded five new scholarships to allow students to pursue a Master’s course wherever they are in the world.
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Student balloon flight project tests innovative descent system and astrobiology experiment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/student-balloon-flight-project-tests-innovative-descent-system-and-astrobiology-experiment
Physics students from our University have flown a new high altitude balloon, achieving a successful test of their innovative descent system which could help in the development of stratospheric flights in the future.
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High Pay
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/11/high-pay/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 11, 2021 On 6th January the High Pay Centre declared that the median FTSE 100 CEO’s earnings for 2021 had surpassed the median annual wage for a full-time worker in the UK.
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Publications
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/material-worlds-past-present/publications
Find out about updates, publications and activities undertaken by the Centre for Material Worlds Past and Present
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The History of Alcohol in North America, 1650-1950
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs2359
Module code: HS2359 This module surveys the social and cultural history of drinking in modern American society, and considers how the historical and cross-cultural study of drinking can add to contemporary debates surrounding alcohol consumption.
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The History of Alcohol in North America, 1650-1950
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs2359
Module code: HS2359 This module surveys the social and cultural history of drinking in modern American society, and considers how the historical and cross-cultural study of drinking can add to contemporary debates surrounding alcohol consumption.
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The History of Alcohol in North America, 1650-1950
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs2359
Module code: HS2359 This module surveys the social and cultural history of drinking in modern American society, and considers how the historical and cross-cultural study of drinking can add to contemporary debates surrounding alcohol consumption.
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Inactive adults urged to get moving to avoid developing type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/inactive-adults-told-to-2018get-moving2019
People in Leicestershire are being ‘urged to get moving or risk jeopardising their health’, after research revealed adults in the county are among the most inactive in England.
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Landmark study reveals hidden frailty crisis in young heart attack patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/heart-attack-frailty-health-risk-leicester
Researchers in Leicester have uncovered a major blind spot in the way doctors assess future health risk in young adults who suffer a heart attack.
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Starting the UOSH Midlands Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/03/08/starting-the-uosh-midlands-hub/
A blog about the establishment of the Midlands Hub of the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project.