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• Spooky flower will bloom in time for Hallowe’en

  Date: 27 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/botanic-garden

  The spookily-named Corpse Flower is about to bloom in the University’s Botanic Garden – just in time for Hallowe’en.

• School children invited to take part in Leicester’s COP28 celebration

  Date: 13 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/cop28-poster-competition

  Space Park Leicester and the National Centre for Earth Observation are inviting school children to send in their pictures, posters and...

• Over £300,000 funding to fuel university boost to region’s innovation ecosystem

  Date: 12 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/innovation-ecosystem-funding

  University of Leicester to lead a partnership with Loughborough University and De Montfort University and Leicester Start Ups to benefit...

• University celebrates a beauti-fall AutumnFest at the Botanic Garden

  Date: 3 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/autumn

  More than 1,800 people came together at the Botanic Garden on Saturday (30 September) to celebrate the University’s inaugural AutumnFest

• University of Leicester celebrates Knowledge Exchange Framework results

  Date: 27 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/kef-2023

  Latest KEF results show that the University of Leicester’s strong performance in the KEF last year has further improved moving up in both Research...

• Civic engagement partnership to benefit Leicestershire’s communities

  Date: 12 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/up-partnership

  Communities across the county will benefit after Leicestershire’s Civic Universities Partnership was chosen as part of a new national programme.

• Atelier Labs wins Falling Walls Engage 2023

  Date: 18 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/falling-walls-engage

  A project using art to empower young people with SEND to become researchers wins in the Science Engagement category of the international Falling...

• Samworth Foundation provides £1.5m boost for robotic-assisted surgery at Leicester’s hospitals

  Date: 18 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/samworth

  The number of cancer patients who can benefit from pioneering robot-assisted surgery is set to quadruple thanks to a £1.

• University supporting literacy skills through reading buddies and new books for schools

  Date: 13 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/books

  Volunteers from the University of Leicester have donated boxes full of brand-new books to local primary schools.

• AI scientists spark interest at largest school-based STEM fair

  Date: 20 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/bright-sparks

  The DriverLeics team was among exhibitors at the Bright Sparks STEM Fair, demonstrating an interactive robot dog, an AI system that identifies...