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• Air quality can be better for active commuters than drivers, research shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/commute-air-quality

  Their findings show that NO2 concentrations can be higher in car cabins (even electric car cabins) than alongside the road where people are walking and cycling.  Some PM2.5 can be removed, for example by pollen filters, meaning PM2.

• Major funding secured for vital Attenborough Arts Centre refurbishment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/major-funding-secured-attenborough-arts-centre-refurbishment

  Visitors to Leicester’s much-loved Attenborough Arts Centre are set to benefit from six-figure government funding to undertake crucial improvements to the building.

• Leicester astronomer pays tribute to ground-breaking Gaia mission

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/gaia-milky-way

  Mission to map our sky for over a decade includes University of Leicester astronomers

• £750,000 funding for seismic sensors at University of Leicester to shake up environmental science

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/seismic-sensors

  A new, upgraded sensor array at the University of Leicester will allow scientists to monitor seismic activity in some of the world’s most challenging environments, such as in glaciers, landslides and volcanoes.

• New University of Leicester-led research project to monitor wetlands from space

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/13-earth-observation-wetlands-leicestershire-rutland

  A new Earth observation for wetlands project led by the University of Leicester, in conjunction with the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, will enhance monitoring of Rutland Water and the Soar and Wreake River Valleys for nature conservation.

• New Strategic Collaboration between University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory links academia and industry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/nnl-partnership

  University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory sign a Letter of Intent to strengthen and further an existing collaboration around areas of mutual interest, including space nuclear power systems.

• World Engineering Day: Leicester engineering graduate builds a career as a future ‘space leader’

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sam-ravi-engineering-graduate-space-leader

  University of Leicester alumna Sam Ravi was one of 30 Emerging Space Leaders announced in 2024 and is encouraging young people to consider an engineering degree on World Engineering Day

• Leicester ranked a top 3 UK progressive city

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/top-3-city

  Leicester has been named the UK’s third most progressive city for social and environmental issues, which is great news for the University of Leicester’s students and staff.

• Leicester combines expertise with NASA to power spacecraft into new frontiers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/rhu-stirling-1-770

  University of Leicester signs International Space Act Agreement with NASA to support collaboration between Space Park Leicester and NASA’s Glenn Research Center on a novel Radioisotope Power System design and laboratory test campaign

• Leicester staff member to appear on Sky's Portrait Artist of the Year 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/25-sky-portrait-artist-of-the-year-megan-mcmullan

  04GBRu357rQ|University of Leicester’s Megan McMullan will make her TV debut competing against other amateur artists on Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2019. University of Leicester Porter Megan McMullan will feature on Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2019.