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• 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.

• Leicester researchers contribute to House of Lords report on light and noise pollution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/house-of-lords

  Leicester researchers contribute to House of Lords report on light and noise pollution

• Leicester criminologists working with Government to explore motivations behind acid attacks

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-criminologists-working-with-government-to-explore-motivations-behind-acid-attacks

  Researchers from our Department of Criminology have launched a major research project, commissioned by the Home Office, into the motivations of offenders who carry and use acid in violent attacks.

• Masterclass to highlight transformative impact of empathy on vulnerable patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/empathy-healthcare-masterclass-stoneygate

  Professionals will learn how to break down barriers which prevent vulnerable patients from accessing healthcare at a masterclass delivered by a leading empathic healthcare expert in Leicester

• Leicester rises in global sustainability world rankings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/qs-rankings

  The University of Leicester has climbed more than 25 places in a league table which ranks the sustainable credentials of universities around the globe.

• University of Leicester joins ‘Forging Ahead’ initiative to transform innovation and entrepreneurship across the Midlands

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/forging-ahead-innovation-entrepreneurship-midlands

  Leicester has played a significant role in designing the bold new initiative that will transform how research and innovation are translated into real-world impact across the region

• Midlands commission highlights action to address health and care inequalities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/midlands-commission-healthcare-inequalities

  Organisations across the Midlands and leading national health charities are collectively launching a policy commission which has the potential to transform the health and care of people across the region by addressing health and care inequalities

• Leicester expert to attend Nobel Peace Prize Forum as nuclear war threat intensifies

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/nuclear

  An expert in global nuclear politics from the University of Leicester has raised concerns about the decline of world security amid tensions between the West and Russia – but has some words of optimism for the future.