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• University of Leicester running free event on how war affects education

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-free-event-war-affects-education

  University of Sanctuary logo|Syrian professors provide first-hand account of teaching in war-torn country. People are invited to attend a free event at the University of Leicester to hear first-hand how war can affect education.

• University of Leicester researcher is awarded Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis Fellowship

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/02-mike-bray-fellowship

  A University of Leicester researcher has been awarded the Mike Bray Fellowship by Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis

• How medieval people named their animals is explored in new book 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/medieval-animal-names-books

  The relationship between medieval people and their pets is the topic of the latest book by the University of Leicester’s Dr Ben Parsons. Introducing Medieval Animal Names explores what names medieval people gave to the animals with which they lived and worked.

• GBBO finalist Josh to judge public’s attempts to turn science into cake

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/gbbo-finalist-josh-judge-public-science-cake

  Dr Josh Smalley will judge a national baking contest run by the Medical Research Foundation

• Overseas visitors

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/people/honorary/overseas

  If you are an overseas visitor applying for an honorary title at the University of Leicester, learn more about visa requirements and insurance.

• Ut vitam habeant – so that they may have life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/centenary-celebrations-blog

  On 11 November 1918, the First World War came to an end and the following day Dr Astley Clarke wrote to the local newspaper to announce the creation of the 'Leicester University Fund', in celebration of peace and for the founding of a university college as a memorial.

• Research suggests greater access to Higher Education could have reversed EU referendum result

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/research-suggests-greater-access-to-higher-education-could-have-reversed-eu-referendum-result

  Greater access to Higher Education could have reversed the result of the 2016 EU referendum, according to new research from our Department of Mathematics.

• Leicester launches HeForShes GetFree Tour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/leicester-launches-heforshe2019s-getfree-tour

  Following UN Women’s announcement, the University is to be the launchpad for the inaugural HeForShe #GetFree Tour to campus for a vital discussion on the importance of gender equality on Tuesday 29 September.

• Influential black and minority ethnic scientists recognised for contributions to society

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/influential-black-and-minority-ethnic-scientists-recognised-for-contributions-to-society

  Leicester physicists are marking Black History Month by profiling the most influential BME scientists from both history and modern times.

• Materials Researchers reflect on Postgraduate Internships

  https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/news/materials-researchers-reflect-on-postgraduate-internships

  Materials Centre Postgraduate Researchers, Dana Thompson and Sarah Key, have written about their experiences of completing internships earlier this year.