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Space Park Leicester expands its service offering to space pioneers and community groups
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/space-park-services-community-groups
New Services offering will give more organisations the chance to benefit from its state-of-the-art resources and connect with leading engineers and academics
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Urine test is breakthrough for high blood pressure patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/urine-test-is-breakthrough-for-high-blood-pressure-patients
A research team including Leicester scientists has shown that a urine test leads to a drop in blood pressure in patients who had been struggling to regularly take their blood pressure lowering tablets.
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Student Sophie on a mission to promote heart health after the loss of her dad
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/defib
A student who found her father lying dead on the driveway is behind a raft of measures to raise awareness of heart-related deaths at her university.
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Incoming University of Leicester Chancellor brings Sky At Night to the city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/bsf-sky-at-night
The University of Leicester’s incoming Chancellor will be bringing a special live edition of the BBC’s Sky at Night show to the city on Wednesday
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Looting the Archives: Joe Orton
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2016/05/13/looting-the-archives-joe-orton/
A blog post by Dr Samantha Mitschke about the scrapbook of press reviews kept by Joe Orton about his play 'Loot'.
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Conferences and presentations
https://le.ac.uk/modern-languages/research/luigi-ghirri/blogs-and-resources/conferences-and-presentations
Written notes on keynote speeches and presentations made at conferences on Luigi Ghirri's work and legacy in photographic art.
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University of Leicester scores Silver for sustainability
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/sustainability-award
EcoCampus has awarded the University a Silver certificate for its sustainability efforts
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Deck the halls with Christmas lights all the way to space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/18-deck-halls-christmas-lights-space
A house illuminated with Christmas lights|University of Leicester students have calculated how many Christmas lights are needed to decorate a house to be visible from space.
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University buildings renamed after English Premier League Champions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-buildings-renamed-after-english-premier-league-champions
For one day only our University will rename its buildings after the Leicester City Football squad in celebration of their remarkable Premier League success and to show its support on the day of the team’s victory parade.
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Professor Corinne Fowler releases new book Our Island Stories: Country Walks through Colonial Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/colonial-countryside
University of Leicester’s Professor Corinne Fowler has released a new book published by Penguin exploring Great Britain’s countryside and its links to colonialism.