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• Sycamore Gap sapling planted in University of Leicester Botanic Garden

  Date: 16 Dec 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/nick-bailey-sycamore-gap-botanic-garden

  The University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden is now home to one of the iconic Sycamore Gap saplings from the National Trust

• New funding to develop technology for first robots to weld in space

  Date: 3 Dec 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/funding-technology-first-robots-weld-space

  University of Leicester and welding specialist TWI Ltd collaborating on a robot-mounted arc-welding system designed to support in-space repair,...

• Royal Thai Government's programme to boost digital workforce sees 50 students study overseas with Leicester

  Date: 21 Nov 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/thai-prime-minister-boost-digital-workforce-students-university-leicester

  Thai students spent six weeks studying in the United Kingdom as part of the Thailand government’s plan to equip young people with the skills to...

• 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...

• University volunteers plant thousands of bulbs at Botanic Garden

  Date: 30 Oct 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/botanic-garden-crocus-plant-nick-bailey

  Green fingered volunteers are helping to plant 80,000 crocus bulbs in Leicester’s Botanic Garden this week

• India students sign up for new computer science degree that spans two continents

  Date: 10 Oct 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/indian-students-computer-science-degree-spans-continents

  Students in India have made history after embarking on a new degree which will see them split their studies between The Apollo University (TAU),...

• Leicester Professor honoured with global award for life-saving disaster risk work 

  Date: 9 Oct 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/nibedita-ray-bennett-disaster-deaths-award

  The University of Leicester's Professor Nibedita Ray-Bennett has been awarded a prestigious Norio Okada Implementation Science Award for her work...

• University of Leicester expert joins authors of United Nations climate change report

  Date: 27 Aug 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/expert-author-united-nations-climate-change-report

  Professor Valerio Lucarini from the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences is one of 664 international experts appointed by UN body the...

• International award recognises researcher’s contribution to development of AI

  Date: 11 Jun 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/international-award-development-ai-huiyu-zhou

  Professor Huiyu Zhou from the University of Leicester School of Computing and Mathematical Science to receive award from National Academy of...

• University of Leicester appoints new Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering

  Date: 14 May 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/university-leicester-head-college-science-engineering

  The University is delighted to confirm the appointment of Professor Dirk Schaefer as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of College for Science and...