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• NERC invests 8m into lowcarbon technology research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/nerc-invests-ps8m-into-green-energy-technology-research

  NERC is investing just over £8m in research to ensure we have access to elements needed to develop a variety of low-carbon technologies.

• BBC Gardener Nick Bailey donates entire garden to the University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/bbc-gardener-nick-bailey-donates-garden

  Director of the University of Leicester Botanic Garden kindly donates plants from his headline ‘Plant-based’ garden showcased at BBC Gardener’s World Live

• University of Leicester joins BID Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/bid-leicester

  The University of Leicester has today (Wednesday) announced it is to join BID Leicester in support of the BID’s mission to continue to transform Leicester city centre for the benefit of all who live, work, study and visit.

• University of Nottingham Special Collections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/11/29/university-of-nottingham-special-collections/

  A page describing the digitisation work UOSH has done with the collections of the University of Nottingham Special Collections

• Worlds collide: University of Leicester experts to help upgrade Large Hadron Collider experiment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-experts-upgrade-large-hadron-collider-experiment

  Expertise from Leicester in particle detectors to contribute to next upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, thought to be the first time Leicester scientists are working directly on instrumentation for the world’s largest particle accelerator

• Pioneering African mental health study receives millions in funding from Wellcome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/neet

  A Wellcome-funded study led by the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of Leicester and others, aims to identify predictors of depression among NEET youth in Africa.

• DNA analysis

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics/dna-analysis

  Simply extracting the DNA from the remains wouldn’t tell us the identity of the individual. It requires comparing DNA from the skeletal remains with that of known relatives.

• Contextualising Captain Scotts Echinoderm Collections at the Natural History Museum

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/work-placement/contextualising-captain-scotts-echinoderm-collections-at-the-natural-history-museum

  Captain Scott’s doomed expedition/Eddie Jenkins, MA Museum Studies

• New hope for patients with aggressive asbestos-linked cancer as trial shows a targeted cancer treatment can improve survival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/asbestos-cancer-nero-leicester-fennell

  Leicester researchers have shown for the first time that a drug that prevents cancer cells from repairing can control the growth of mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer caused by asbestos

• News and New Normals – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2021/03/22/news-and-new-normals/

  This blog post celebrates recent paper presentations and discusses what it has been like for the team to continue scanning during the third national lockdown in England.