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• Leicester’s tuberculosis research boosted by six-figure funding for lab equipment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/leicester-tuberculosis-research-boosted-funding-lab-equipment

  The University of Leicester’s research into tuberculosis has been bolstered with a six-figure grant to fund new lab equipment.

• From air travel getting safer to the doublestandards of sex tourism

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/from-air-travel-getting-safer-to-the-double-standard-of-sex-tourism

  In the latest in a series of opinion pieces Dr Simon Bennett from the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning has written an article for The Conversation discussing how despite what news stories may suggest, air travel is actually getting safer.

• Leicester’s commitment to sustainability leads to world rankings rise

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/qs-sustainability-rankings

  The University of Leicester has shot up more than 100 places in a league table which ranks the sustainable credentials of universities around the globe.

• Exploring explosions in space

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/making-waves

  Exploring gamma-ray bursts, the enormous, distant explosions in space.

• Improving air quality in Nairobi

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/air-quality-nairobi

  Poor urban air quality is a major development issue globally, placing a huge burden on public health.

• Online COVID-19 rehab

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/covid-rehab

  Professor Sally Singh leads a team to develop the new ‘Your COVID Recovery’ on-demand rehabilitation service.

• Leicester’s free legal advice clinic receives Home Office funding to help Windrush victims 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/windrush-compensation-scheme-free-legal-advice-clinic

  The University of Leicester's free Legal Advice Clinic has been awarded £40,000 by the Home Office as part of the Windrush Compensation Advocacy Support Fund.

• Explore University of Leicester’s distinctive buildings and Sue Townsend treasures

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/heritage-day

  The public will have the chance to examine treasures from the Sue Townsend archive and explore the University of Leicester’s characterful buildings on Saturday 14 September.

• Bestselling author Louise Doughty awarded Honorary Degree

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/louise-doughty

  The bestselling Leicestershire-born author, playwright and journalist, Louise Doughty, has today (Wednesday 19 January) been awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Leicester.

• International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths returns for its second year

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/avoidable-deaths-network

  Read more information about Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths