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Leicester leads major breakthrough in asbestos linked cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/confirm
A University of Leicester led team has made a major breakthrough in treating mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer linked to breathing in asbestos, which could help add years to patients’ lives.
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Leading barrister returns to University of Leicester to mark 60 years of Law School excellence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/simeon-maskrey-leicester-law-school-anniversary
Leading barrister and Leicester alumnus Simeon Maskrey KC returned to the University to celebrate 60 years of Leicester Law School, reflecting on the support and opportunities that shaped his distinguished legal career.
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UROKODIA! 518-million-year-old fossil shows beginning of spider’s bite
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/urokodia-518-million-year-old-fossil-spider-bite
Scientists at University of Leicester and Yunnan University identified an ancient member of the Chelicerate family and X-ray analysis revealed pincer-like limbs that are the beginnings of what would become spiders’ fangs
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cl13
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/corinne_lambert/
The Dryad Collection – basket weaving Posted by cl13 in Library Special Collections on August 30, 2022 As I catalogue the Dryad Collection, I was surprised to see that the books on basket weaving not only included “How to” manuals, but also books that were concerned with the...
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Remote sensing of greenhouse gases in the air over Jinja, Uganda
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/01/22/remote-sensing-of-greenhouse-gases-in-the-air-over-jinja-uganda/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 January 2020 A new ground-based measurement site in Uganda, set up by the University of Leicester in partnership with NaFIRRI, will provide a unique dataset of remotely sensed greenhouse gas observations...
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Dr Thomas Wilkinson
https://le.ac.uk/people/thomas-wilkinson
The academic profile of Dr Thomas Wilkinson, Research Fellow, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
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bcox
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/author/bzc1/
Digitally General: why digital is not always the answer Posted by bcox in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 12, 2018 Making something digital does not always make it better. Why? It not the digital itself that it actually the issue.
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Tamara Jowhire
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/author/tj83/
A graduate’s perspective on innovations in learning and teaching Posted by Tamara Jowhire in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 18, 2016 I am a recent Chemistry graduate from the University of Leicester, and I am currently working as an...
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Ali Haghiri
https://le.ac.uk/people/ali-haghiri
The academic profile of Dr Ali Haghiri, Lecturer at University of Leicester
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Leicester artist begins new project inspired by Universitys animal bones archive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-artist-begins-new-project-inspired-by-universitys-animal-bones-archive
Artist Jo Dacombe is immersing herself within the Bone Laboratory in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History to understand how archaeologists generate stories about past human and animal relationships from the fragments of bones that are recovered through excavation.