Search

9213 results for: ‘museum studies’

  • New research centre to study the impact of the environment on human health

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/cehs

    The Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CEHS) draws on experts from a wide variety of research backgrounds to investigate and mitigate the health problems from air pollution, environmental noise, and low-level chemical exposures.

  • HumanKind

    https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/humankind

    We are looking afresh at Calke Abbey’s past, reassessing the stories told about this place and exploring their potential to foster more meaningful connections.

  • Local research study contributes to global findings which pinpoint genes for depression across ethnicities

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/exceed

    A University of Leicester study has contributed to the world’s largest and most diverse genetic study ever into major depression, helping to reveal nearly 300 previously unknown genetic links to the condition

  • Fellowship award will allow Leicester researcher to launch genetic study of lung disease

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/fellowship-leicester-researcher-genetic-lung-disease

    A University of Leicester researcher has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Career Development Fellowship to lead a groundbreaking study into the genomics of bronchiectasis.

  • Study examines issues relating to gender and trade

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-examines-issues-relating-to-gender-and-trade

    Dr Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella from the Leicester Law School was asked by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) to write a research paper on the application of the principle of sex equality outside the workplace.

  • Differences between studying in the UK and Canada

    https://le.ac.uk/law/study/undergraduate/international/canadian-applicants/differences

    It is important to be aware of a number of differences between studying in the UK and studying in Canada.

  • Study shows large gender imbalance in funding given for cancer research

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/study-shows-large-gender-imbalance-in-funding-given-for-cancer-research

    Male researchers receive far greater funding for cancer research than their female equivalents, suggests a study involving University of Leicester research and published in the journal BMJ Open.

  • Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys to be guest speaker at unique fundraising event

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/professor-sir-alec-jeffreys-to-be-guest-speaker-at-unique-fundraising-event

    Students and academics are invited to attend the Science Museum’s IMAX Theatre in London on Monday 16 May 2016 and spend an evening with the inventor of forensic DNA fingerprinting and emeritus professor, Sir Alec Jeffreys. The event, starting at 7.

  • Combating loneliness and isolation

    https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/natural-heritage/humankind

    Professor Suzanne MacLeod led researchers from the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries and the National Trust and volunteers on the HumanKind project.

  • Largest archaeological excavation in Leicester in over a decade open to public

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/largest-archaeological-excavation-in-leicester-in-over-a-decade-open-to-public

    Members of the public are invited to learn more about Leicester's Roman past as the city's largest excavation site in over 10 years is open to visitors on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May.

Back to top
MENU