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• Attenboroughs pledge support for Leicesters centenary celebration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/attenboroughs-pledge-support-for-leicester2019s-centenary-celebration

  Sir David Attenborough OM and his nephew, Michael Attenborough CBE, were the guests of honour at the University's Alumni Association’s Black Tie Dinner event in London last night, where they were announced as the patrons of our upcoming centenary celebrations.

• Witnesses, wives, politicians, soldiers: the women of Waterloo

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2015/06/22/witnesses-wives-politicians-soldiers-the-women-of-waterloo/

  Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on June 22, 2015 Witnesses, wives, politicians, soldiers: the women of Waterloo By Katherine Astbury Associate Professor and Reader of French at University of Warwick Visit The Last Stand: Napoleon’s 100 Days in 100 Objects: www.

• Economic inequality is not “bad for everyone”, new research shows – wealthier people derive happiness benefits

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/economic-inequality-wealth-people-happiness

  Increases in economic inequality raise the life satisfaction of wealthier people, while lowering the life satisfaction of people who earn less, newly published research shows.

• Findings of global study could aid stroke patient prognosis

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/stroke-prognosis

  Measuring the brain’s ability to control its own blood flow using a bedside test could allow clinicians to give stroke patients and their families a clearer idea of how well they’ll go on to recover.

• Finalist positions for our University and College Court in local and national tourism hospitality awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/finalist-positions-for-our-university-and-college-court-in-local-and-national-tourism-hospitality-awards

  Our University has been shortlisted in no less than nine categories for awards that recognise leading tourism and hospitality organisations, at both a local and national level.

• University of Leicester joins major new campaign committed to action on climate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/climate-action

  Just four in 10 parents of 16 to 18-year-olds in the East Midlands believe that UK universities are equipping the next generation of students with knowledge about climate change, according to new research from Universities UK.

• Sir David Attenborough returns to Leicester to officially open new fully-inclusive arts gallery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/sir-david-attenborough-returns-to-leicester-to-officially-open-new-fully-inclusive-arts-gallery

  The naturalist and long-running television personality Sir David Attenborough will be returning to the place of his Leicester childhood to open a new fully-inclusive gallery championed by his brother Lord Attenborough.

• Tackling sexual violence

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/dna-kits

  Professor Lisa Smith discusses how new DNA kits are helping to ensure survivors of sexual violence find justice.

• Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi conferred University of Leicester honorary professorship

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/sheikha-bodour-al-qasimi-conferred-university-of-leicester-honorary-professorship

  Her Excellency Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi awarded University of Leicester honorary professorship for global impact in literacy, culture, and women’s empowerment.

• Leicester is founding signatory for new pledge to support technicians

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-is-founding-signatory-for-new-pledge-to-support-technicians

  Today, more than 35 universities and research institutions from across the UK – including the University of Leicester - have backed a pledge to support their technicians.