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• University of Leicester student honoured by Sri Lankan High Commission invitation

  Date: 19 Feb 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/university-of-leicester-student-honoured-sri-lankan-high-commission-invitation

  A University of Leicester student has spoken of her pride after being invited to meet One of Sri Lanka’s most senior diplomats.

• Leicester leads industry roundtable in national drive for universities to boost UK prosperity

  Date: 18 Feb 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/leicester-industry-roundtable-national-drive-universities-boost-uk-prosperity

  The University of Leicester is at the forefront of a national campaign to shape the way universities can play their fullest part in the country’s...

• Explore the silent night this festive season: space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock to give Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures on the BBC

  Date: 17 Dec 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/space-scientist-maggie-aderin-pocock-royal-institution-christmas-lectures

  University of Leicester’s Chancellor hosts the 2025 Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution, broadcast on BBC Four and iPlayer on 28th, 29th...

• COP30 poems celebrating Planet Earth released by Space Park Leicester

  Date: 17 Dec 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/cop30-poems-celebrating-planet-earth

  Poetry competition sees poets of all ages explore our climate and planet

• £1.49 million funding to address inequalities in who attends museums – and who benefits from them

  Date: 5 Dec 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/funding-inequalities-attend-museums-benefits

  Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) at the University of Leicester awarded major research grant to explore how museums can reduce...

• TV legend Johnny Ball gets University of Leicester staff, students and local schoolchildren thinking of numbers

  Date: 19 Nov 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/tv-legend-johnny-ball-thinking-numbers

  The science and mathematics communicator visited University of Leicester to launch the NSPCC’s Number Day 2026 and joined Dr Josh Smalley, chemist...

• National award for Josh’s out of this world bakes with National Space Centre

  Date: 29 Oct 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/national-award-josh-bakes-space-centre

  Instagram series Mission Bake, a collaboration between Dr Josh Smalley and the National Space Centre, has won first place at the Sir Arthur Clarke...

• Leicester geologist to present rock-licking trick for Hallowe’en treat at Royal Institution

  Date: 29 Oct 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/geologist-rock-licking-halloween-royal-institution

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz joins panel at the Royal Institution on 31 October with other winners of Ig Nobel Prizes to explain their winning work...

• Leicester’s role in creating a better future for Earth to be highlighted during COP30 climate conference

  Date: 17 Oct 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/better-future-earth-cop30-climate-conference

  Space Park Leicester will host a special celebration on Wednesday 19 November with hands-on science and sustainability exhibits, Earth observation...

• Leicestershire’s universities invite residents to apply for community-focused research projects

  Date: 17 Oct 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/leicestershire-universities-residents-skills-experiences-community-focused-research-projects

  Innovative local thinkers are being invited to apply for paid, full-time research projects tackling key issues like fuel poverty, retrofitting...