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• University of Leicester expert to help UK Government’s bid to boost nation’s employment levels

  Date: 16 Feb 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/university-leicester-expert-uk-government-boost-nations-employment-levels

  A University of Leicester economist has been chosen to help the UK Government realise its vision to boost the nation’s jobs market.

• Extensive freshened water beneath the ocean floor confirmed for the first time

  Date: 4 Feb 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/freshened-water-ocean-floor-confirmed

  International team including University of Leicester geoscientists provides first detailed evidence of long-suspected hidden fresh water aquifers,...

• Leicester-led issue of prestigious journal collects latest thinking on human impact on biosphere

  Date: 22 Jan 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/prestigious-journal-human-impact-biosphere

  University of Leicester Earth scientist guest-edits issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, building on leading role in the...

• Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes

  Date: 22 Jan 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ancient-fossils-vertebrates-four-eyes

  Study by international team of researchers, including a University of Leicester palaeontologist, examines exquisitely preserved fossils from the...

• Inspirational environmental scientist returns to the University of Leicester to collect an honorary award

  Date: 15 Jan 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/environmental-scientist-returns-university-leicester-honorary-award

  An environmental scientist and champion of women in science, technology, engineering and maths has been honoured upon her return to the University...

• Ancient Antarctica reveals a ’one–two punch’ behind ice sheet collapse

  Date: 12 Jan 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ancient-antarctica-ice-sheet-collapse

  University of Leicester geoscientist contributes to study showing impact of ocean warming on ice sheets, using results obtained from expedition to...

• Lahore to Leicester pathway – agreement gives Pakistan students a truly international study experience

  Date: 16 Dec 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/lahore-leicester-pathway-agreement-pakistan-students-international-study-experience

  A new agreement between the University of Leicester and the University of Central Punjab (UCP) will see students split their studies between...

• 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...