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• Student announced as new Mayor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/student-announced-as-new-mayoress

  A student from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has become the new Mayor of Oadby and Wigston. Samia Haq, a final year Politics student, was inaugurated at a meeting in the council offices followed by a reception at Parklands in Oadby.

• Awards for our University from the Royal Astronomical Society

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/awards-for-our-university-from-the-royal-astronomical-society

  A leading academic from our University is to receive a prize this week from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Professor Mark Lester, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is Chair of the SuperDARN executive council and currently leads the project.

• Leicester space scientists developing innovative camera system to detect most luminous objects in universe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientists-developing-innovative-camera-system-to-detect-most-luminous-objects-in-universe

  The latest iteration of the Cherenkov Telescope Array’s (CTA) science case, Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array, has been made available via the CTA website library and arXiv and will be published in a special edition of International Journal of Modern Physics D in the...

• Associate membership

  https://le.ac.uk/sports/membership/associate-member

  See if you qualify for Associate membership at our sports centres and take advantage of the membership discount.

• An Introduction to World Archaeology AD

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/ar1005

  Module code: AR1005 What is the legacy of the Roman Empire? What can archaeology tell us of Viking raids and Viking settlement? What does architecture reveal about religion in the medieval to modern world? When did the Muslims arrive in India and China? ...

• An Introduction to World Archaeology AD

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar1005

  Module code: AR1005 What is the legacy of the Roman Empire? What can archaeology tell us of Viking raids and Viking settlement? What does architecture reveal about religion in the medieval to modern world? When did the Muslims arrive in India and China? ...

• Calcium is key to age-related memory loss

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/09-presynaptic-calcium

  Research in our Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour is offering new clues into how and why cognitive functions such as memory and learning become impaired with age.

• 2026 vision: Leicester launches Optometry degree

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/optometry-degree-leicester-course

  The University of Leicester is pleased to announce that its new four-year Optometry degree has been given permission to recruit students by the General Optical Council.

• Ever wondered why laughter is good for you?

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/sluckin-lecture-psychology-vision

  World-leading neuroscientist and stand-up comedian, Professor Sophie Scott, CBE (University College London), is bringing her unique perspective on the science of humour to Leicester this month (May).

• Leicester experts to deliver ground-breaking space mission experience

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/ground-breaking-space-mission-experience

  Members of the SMILE team at Space Park Leicester will be showcasing their work at the Royal Society on 7 October