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Ig Nobel Prize-winning geologist on why rocks speak in tongues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/ig-nobel-zalasiewicz
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz, Emeritus Professor in the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, explains the research that won him an Ig Nobel Prize in 2023.
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Leicester’s showstopping chemist on his Bake-Off experiment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/josh-smalley-bake-off
Dr Joshua Smalley speaks to the Press Office about rising to the occasion in the famous white tent
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Record attendances across Leicestershire Innovation Festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/innovation-fest
Leicestershire Innovation Festival attendances hit new highs as fresh records were set at the fifth annual event.
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New report part-funded by University of Leicester finds half of space workforce joins by age 25
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/space-census-skills
The first report on how and why people join the UK space sector, based on a census of the space sector funded by the University of Leicester, has been published by the Space Skills Alliance.
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Space Park Leicester partnership signals formal start of operations at East Midlands Freeport
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/freeport-space-park
Space Park Leicester has been given the green light by the Government to become a customs site operator for East Midlands Freeport.
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Lord Willetts former Universities and Science Minister announced as Universitys new Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/lord-willetts-former-universities-and-science-minister-announced-as-universitys-new-chancellor
The University has announced that former Universities and Science Minister David Willetts, who is an honorary graduate of the University and delivered the inaugural Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture, is to be installed as the new Chancellor of the University. The Rt Hon.
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University of Leicester junior doctor recognised for pioneering COVID-19 research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/dan-pan
A University of Leicester researcher has been recognised for his pioneering research into how COVID-19 spreads from person to person.
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Obituary: Sir Michael Atiyah
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/14-obituary-sir-michael-atiyah
Sir Michael Atiyah, who was widely regarded as Britain’s greatest mathematician, has died aged 89. Sir Michael was Chancellor of the University of Leicester between 1995 and 2005.
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University of Leicester welcomes Sutton Trust report into medical students from working class backgrounds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/university-leicester-sutton-trust-working-class-medical-students
The University of Leicester has welcomed a report which has highlighted the dearth of medical students from working class backgrounds in the UK.
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Long Covid researchers reflect on the PHOSP-COVID study 5 years on, ahead of Long Covid Awareness Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/long-covid-awareness-day-phosp
A study team from the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) have been reflecting on their world leading research into Long Covid ahead of International Long Covid Awareness Day on Saturday, March 15 2025.