Search
-
Pick up the pace! New study finds slow walkers four times more likely to die from Covid-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/slow-walk-covid
Slow walkers are almost four times more likely to die from COVID-19 and have over twice the risk of contracting a severe version of the virus, according to a team of researchers from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre led by...
-
Presidential debates
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/22/presidential-debates/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 22, 2012 See video footage and transcripts from the official Commission on presidential debates: http://www.debates.
-
Multiple long-term conditions affect more than 14 per cent of English population, research finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/multiple-conditions
Imperial College London and University of Leicester researchers have been involved in the largest ever study on multiple long-term conditions which has found that nearly 15 per cent of people in England are currently living with two or more health disorders.
-
Glynis returns to serve the University of Leicester 40 years after graduation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/glynis-wright
A successful business leader has returned to the University of Leicester after 40 years to help steer the institution’s future direction.
-
Tribute by Colin Hide
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/john-bradshaw/tribute
John spent most of his working life at the University; firstly as a chargehand within the Sport Grounds Service, then a senior chargehand and finally being promoted to the post of Head Groundsman.
-
Make a Difference days
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/community/making-a-difference
Make a Difference Week sees students and staff volunteer to make a positive difference to the local community. Volunteering provides experience and supports your personal development, wellbeing and sense of community.
-
Leicester student teams up with influencer to host charity football match for Help the Homeless
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/charity-football-match
Flexy particularly wanted to help a homeless charity because he knows what it’s like to be in that position. “I’ve been homeless for a lot of my life,” he said.
-
University of Leicester’s Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen selected to create programmes for BBC Radio 3
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/new-generation-thinkers
The School of Archaeology and Ancient History's Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen for the New Generation Thinkers 2023 programme.
-
Gender pay gap reporting around the world
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/19/gender-pay-gap-reporting-around-the-world/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2020 How does the UK’s pay gap compare with other countries ? Get some insight from the latest Fawcett society report which compares 10 nations.
-
Dora's story
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/learning/doras-story
Dora Northern was born Dora Schutte in Berlin, Germany in 1923. When she was ten years old, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power in her country. Dora lived in Germany until the end of the Second World War.