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UK to tackle danger of the solar wind and find new Earth-like planets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-solar-wind-smile-plato
New national space funding worth £7 million will ensure UK scientists play a leading role in a new space weather mission, the Science Minister Chris Skidmore announced on the first day of British Science Week (8 March).
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‘Pivotal’ study finds benefits of reduced calorie diet for pregnant women with gestational diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/reduced-calorie-diet-pregnant-women-gestational-diabetes
New research from the University of Leicester has found following a reduced calorie diet during the third trimester of pregnancy is safe and beneficial for pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) of over 25 kg/m2 who have gestational diabetes.
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Universities call on communities to shape research to solve real-life problems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-universities-communities-research-solve-real-life-problems
Community organisations across Leicester and Leicestershire are being offered the chance to steer university research.
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2017 events
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/events/past-events/2017
Find summaries of all the events held by the Centre for New Writing in 2017.
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Access to UK's cultural heritage is revolutionised by Museum Data Service launch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/museum-data-service
A transformative moment for the UK’s cultural sector took place this week as the Museum Data Service (MDS) officially launched, setting the stage for an unprecedented consolidation of the UK’s museum records.
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Neon sign identified by JWST in protoplanetary disc gives clue to planet formation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/protoplanetary-disc-gas
University of Leicester astronomer involved in first images of the dispersing gas that is key to the early formation of planets
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Juno peers deep into Jupiter’s colourful belts and zones
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/juno-belts-zones
An investigation of this phenomenon is one of the primary objectives of NASA’s Juno mission, and the spacecraft carries a specially-designed microwave radiometer to measure emission from deep within the Solar System’s largest planet for the first time.
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Ravenous black hole consumes three Earths’-worth of star every time it passes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/black-hole
Massive burst of X-rays detected by University of Leicester astronomers indicates material three times the mass of Earth burning up in a black hole.
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Alumni working outside the UK
https://le.ac.uk/law/study/careers/graduate-profiles/outside-uk
Discover how the legal expertise they gained at Leicester Law School has taken some of our alumni around the world.
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Gene regulation and expression for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-regulation/gene-regulation-higher-education
We provide accurate and reliable information on gene expression and regulation for students working at a degree level.