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• Research reveals earliest evidence yet of huge hippos in Britain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/hippo-fossil

  Neil Adams, PhD researcher in the Centre for Palaeobiology Research at the University of Leicester and Earth Collections Project Officer at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, said: “It was very exciting to come across a hippo tooth during our recent excavations...

• University of Leicester sets strategy to launch into its second Century

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/strategy

  The University of Leicester has today (Thursday) launched a new 10-year strategy that will propel the institution into its second Century – and it comes with a new mission and vision that champion its Citizens and cultivates a legacy of real-world change.

• Leicester launches renovated home for School of Business

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/brookfield-launch

  The £15.8 million restoration of the University of Leicester Business School (ULSB)’s home was formally opened with a special ceremony on Thursday.

• University of Leicester ranked in top-20 in the UK in TIME’s new ranking

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/top-20-uk-time-new-ranking

  TIME magazine’s inaugural World's Top Universities 2026 places Leicester 19th among UK universities and 100th out of 500 universities worldwide

• Physics and Astronomy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/paul_mcmillan/

  Centenary celebrations Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 May 2025 The first students to study physics at what was then University College, Leicester were enrolled in 1925. A class of 10 students were enrolled, and a single lecturer appointed.

• Cinematic Representations of Latin America

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sp3140

  Module code: SP3140 This module explores different approaches to the cinematic representations of Latin America. Particular attention will be paid to the construction of stereotypes and to the formation of national, regional, class, and gender identities.

• Seven top ten subject areas in Guardian University Guide

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/seven-top-ten-subject-areas-in-guardian-university-guide

  The latest figures from the Guardian University Guide have ranked the University of Leicester at 32nd, placing us among the top third of the 119 higher education institutions in the UK listed in their rankings.

• Leicester to host regional launch of the Festival of British Archaeology

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leicester-to-host-regional-launch-of-the-festival-of-british-archaeology

  A talk by Mathew Morris (pictured) from the Richard III excavation team and a ‘Roman drill session’ are just two of the events taking place at this year’s regional launch of the Festival of British Archaeology.

• About BepiColombo

  https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/about

  BepiColombo is a mission to Mercury that launched in October 2018. The mission is a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

• Debates in Archaeological Heritage

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar1013

  Module code: AR1013 ‘Heritage’ is a very powerful idea, and we will begin this module by thinking about what heritage actually is and what it means in the contemporary world.