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• Leading scientists takeover Leicester pubs for Pint of Science festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/pint-of-science

  Pub goers in Leicester will get much more than just a pint next week when some of Britain’s leading Scientists head to the city’s drinking venues to discuss their latest research. The ‘Pint of Science’ festival runs from 9th-11th May.

• UK Government 'Visa Brake' update

  https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/applying-for-visa/visa-brake-update

  The UK Government has introduced a new ‘visa brake’ that affects student visa applications made outside the UK.

• Smoking and public health case study

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/epigenetics/case-studies/smoking-public-health

  Details on the relation between epigenetics and smoking and public health. The University of Leicester provides useful resources to aid research and learning.

• Fixtures by date

  https://le.ac.uk/varsity/fixtures

  Browse fixtures for Varsity, our inter-university sporting competition, as organised by date.

• New academy aims to change nature of health care for older people

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-academy-aims-to-change-nature-of-health-care-for-older-people

  A new academy has been set up in Leicester that hopes to tackle the challenges of ageing and change the nature of health care for older people.

• Research finds no association between weekend staffing levels and patient mortality

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/research-finds-no-association-between-the-2018weekend-effect2019-and-patient-mortality

  New research involving researchers from our University has found no association between weekend senior doctor staffing levels and mortality, questioning whether increasing senior doctor weekend working would impact mortality rates.

• University of Leicester signs agreement with Shanghai Polytechnic University 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/university-of-leicester-shanghai-polytechnic-university-partnership

  The University of Leicester has strengthened its ties with Shanghai Polytechnic University following a visit to the United Kingdom.

• Scholarship set Bea on a path to a promising career in midwifery practice and research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/stoneygate-scholarship-bea-career-midwifery-research

  A midwife with ambitions to reach the very top of her profession has credited a scholarship for giving her the springboard to pursue her new career.

• Previous award winners

  https://le.ac.uk/alumni/join-us/events/award-winners-showcase/previous-winners

  Browse our award winners from the previous years.

• Curiosity disproves old idea of Mars as a simple basaltic planet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/curiosity-disproves-2018old-idea-of-mars-as-a-simple-basaltic-planet2019

  As NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) celebrates four years on the Red Planet Leicester planetary scientist Professor John Bridges recounts the Curiosity mission’s success and explains what is next for the one-ton nuclear-powered science robot.