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• Universitys travel plan praised as an exemplar

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/universitys-travel-plan-praised-as-an-exemplar

  The University of Leicester’s travel plan has now been published and has received high praise from the city council. The project led by Dr Sandra Lee from our Environment Team was described as being of ’a very high standard’ and ‘exemplary.

• Academic and adventurer describes climbing and cataloguing remote regions of the South American Andes mountains

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/academic-and-adventurer-describes-climbing-and-cataloguing-remote-regions-of-the-south-american-andes-mountains

  Dr Suzie Imber from the Department of Physics and Astronomy is giving a talk about a unique adventure which saw her scale and catalogue a remote corner of the Andes mountains.

• Research Staff and Early Career Researchers

  https://le.ac.uk/research/doctoral-college/research-staff

  Information on development opportunities for staff, engagement and impact, research effectiveness, quantitative skills, qualitative skills and supporting postgraduate researchers.

• Armed patrols in Leicester join the debate about policing in our city

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/armed-patrols-in-leicester-join-the-debate-about-policing-in-our-city

  Leicestershire police chief Simon Cole is to talk at a public event on 23 March about the force’s recent deployment of armed patrols in crowded places and whether this is a sign of things to come for people in Leicester.

• Facts about snakebite deaths

  https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/areas/join-the-fight/facts-about-snakebite-deaths

  Facts about snakebite deaths in India According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (2023), about 5.4 million snakebites occur each year, resulting in 1.8 to 2.7 million cases of envenoming.

• University Vice-Chancellor honoured to switch on Leicester’s Diwali lights

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/diwali

  The University of Leicester’s Vice-Chancellor will be lighting up Leicester’s world-famous Diwali celebrations.

• Kasabian frontman takes centre stage at University of Leicester graduation ceremony

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/kasabian-frontman-centre-stage-university-leicester-graduation-ceremony

  It was a home-coming gig like no other for Kasabian singer, songwriter and record producer, Sergio ‘Serge’ Pizzorno when he stepped up to receive an honorary degree from the University of Leicester.

• Celebrate culture and creativity with Attenborough Arts Centre this spring

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/attenborough-arts-centre-spring-programme

  With a number of performances offered on a Pay What You Can pricing scale, Attenborough Arts Centre remains committed to ensuring access to the arts for all.

• Celebrate culture and creativity with Attenborough Arts Centre’s autumn programme

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

  Highlights of its popular Creative Course programme include Captured on Canvas with painter Jemisha Maadhavji who was recently featured in BBC 1’s ‘Extraordinary Portraits’.

• Wind turbine remains may be among ‘most surprising’ fossils for far future generations, palaeontologists say

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/wind-turbine-remains-surprising-fossils-palaeontology

  University of Leicester palaeontologists publishing new book on technofossils suggest that wind turbine blades, made from difficult to recycle materials, may be among the most surprising fossils found by future palaeontologists