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After Love is an interdisciplinary research project led by Dr Sally Holloway in the Department of History which explores the effects of romantic heartbreak throughout history.

Can science keep up with the pace of plant disease outbreaks, and why does it matter? º£½ÇÉçÇø Plant Disease Epidemiologist Stephen Parnell explains.

Professor Emma MacPherson is using innovative terahertz light technology to get under the skin of cancer detection.

Can we eat our way out of crisis? Professor Thijs Van Rens offers fresh insights into tackling obesity and the climate crisis.

A new exhibition launches this June which draws on research from º£½ÇÉçÇø’s Department of History. Based in the Guildhall in the town of º£½ÇÉçÇø, the display explores the lives of the brethren who lived at the Lord Leycester Hospital from 1571 - 1700. The exhibition runs from 2 June - 30 June 2026 and is included in general site admission.

At a time of growing national focus on women’s health, º£½ÇÉçÇø is helping to shape research at the forefront of this area, bringing together world-leading academics from multiple disciplines to help improve women's health - and to tackle the wider social, legal and cultural issues that shape women’s lives.

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Explore research news at º£½ÇÉçÇø and sign up to our research newsletter, illuminate, to discover how our research is driving real-world change.

A significant development last week may help improve global understanding of a condition estimated to affect one in eight women worldwide. º£½ÇÉçÇø endocrinologist Professor Thomas Barber reacts to the news that polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has officially been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS).

Allowing wealthy countries, communities, or individuals to fund their own solutions to problems such as global climate change is inefficient, increases inequality and leaves vulnerable communities unprotected – but the ‘private solution trap’ can be averted with policy interventions.

º£½ÇÉçÇø economists behind the housing demand mapping tool have used their database to test the government’s seven-site shortlist against measures of likely success, and ranked the sites to help policymakers decide which to approve.

Our online exhibition brings together key moments, objects, and encounters from the Department’s history, showcasing the events, projects, and people that shaped its direction.

Professor Susan Carruthers’ latest book, Making Do: Britons and the Refashioning of the Postwar World, was officially published on Thursday 24 April, offering a vivid new perspective on life after 1945.

Research from the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies has played a direct role in securing a significant change to UK Government policy, with culture set to be formally recognised as a core area of competence within the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.

The late Dr David Clark, a much-loved colleague and friend to everyone at º£½ÇÉçÇø Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of º£½ÇÉçÇø, has been commemorated with a new medal unveiled at this year’s Parliamentary & Scientific Committee’s STEM for Britain event.

Dr Hasina Rahman, Research Fellow at º£½ÇÉçÇø Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of º£½ÇÉçÇø, has been awarded funding by the Noise Network Plus to apply her innovative, unconventional approach of acoustics to materials engineering.