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• University backs campaign for statue of iconic Leicester playwright Joe Orton

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-joe-orton-statue

  joe orton statute the joe orton statue appeal|The University of Leicester’s involvement with, and celebration of, the legacy of Leicester playwright Joe Orton continues with the announcement of a crowdfunding appeal to raise money for a statute.

• Report shows rate of stillbirths and neonatal deaths decreased in 2023 but persistent inequalities remain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/perinatal-loss-infancy-death-leicester

  The MBRRACE-UK collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit and the University of Leicester’s TIMMS research group, has today published a ‘State of the Nation’ report on perinatal deaths of babies born in the UK in 2023.

• Data protection guidance

  https://le.ac.uk/library/about/policies/data-protection-guidance

  Informal data protection guidance for researchers consulting archives containing information covered under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation 2018.

• Funny bones Richard III genealogist crowned winner of comedy challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/funny-bones-richard-iii-genealogist-crowned-winner-of-comedy-challenge

  Our very own Professor Kevin Schürer (pictured) has been crowned the winner of the 2016 Stand Up Challenge, held at Leicester Racecourse on Wednesday night.

• International conference tackles womens sexual and reproductive health during humanitarian crisis

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/international-conference-tackles-womens-sexual-and-reproductive-health-during-humanitarian-crisis

  A Leicester academic has represented her research on sexual and reproductive health protection for women at an international event in New Delhi attended by 4,000 participants and inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

• Five things you probably didn’t know about nuclear weapons

  https://le.ac.uk/hypir/subject-tasters/nuclear-weapons

  Professor Andrew Futter, Associate Professor of International Politics, tells us things we probably didn’t know about nuclear weapons.

• St Marys University ViceChancellor to give Chaplaincy Lecture in silver jubilee year

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/st-marys-university-vice-chancellor-to-give-chaplaincy-lecture-in-silver-jubilee-year

  British diplomat and academic Francis Campbell will deliver this year’s Chaplaincy Lecture.

• Department of Chemistry strengthens links with collaborators in China

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/department-of-chemistry-strengthens-links-with-collaborators-in-china

  Links between our University and a university in China have been strengthened with a new agreement to encourage the exchange of students and academics.

• Summer arrives with a new season at Attenborough Arts Centre 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/attenborough-arts-centre-summer-programme-2026

  This summer brings a new range of artist-led Creative Courses and Workshops, delivered by experienced tutors and artists to share their own artistic practices with new audiences.

• Grey Friars in old maps and plans

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/grey-friars-in-old-maps

  Historic maps of Leicester were an invaluable source of information for pinpointing the potential location of the Grey Friars, charting how that area of the town has changed over the last 400 years.