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New Years Honours Professor Paul Boyle and Professor Melanie Davies awarded CBEs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/years-honours-professor-paul-boyle-and-professor-melanie-davies-awarded-cbes
Our President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Boyle, has been appointed a CBE in the New Year’s Honours.
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Leicester Start-Up Week offers new opportunities for young businesses
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/18-start-up-week
From 18-24 November 2019 the University of Leicester and De Montfort University along with businesses and organisations across the city will unite for the second annual Leicester Start-Up Week.
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Astronaut reveals challenges of human spaceflight in exciting workshop
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/astronaut-challenges-human-spaceflight-workshop
Dr Franco Malerba spoke to Physics students from the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy for a Human Spaceflight Workshop at Space Park Leicester
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Leicester mathematicians working with geoscientists from Weatherford give the possibility to see structures deeply in the Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-mathematicians-working-with-geoscientists-from-weatherford-give-the-possibility-to-see-structures-deeply-in-the-earth
Mathematicians from our Department of Mathematics and geologists from Weatherford, which provides technologies and services to the oil and gas industry, have developed a new software tool for visualising the structure of the Earth deep underground.
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Students discover Leicesters literary secrets on Joe Orton walking tour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/students-discover-leicesters-literary-secrets-on-joe-orton-walking-tour
This year the University of Leicester has been celebrating the work of Joe Orton. The Leicester-born playwright is one of our city’s most treasured cultural icons and 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of his tragic death.
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Geology researchers participate in Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/geology-professors-participate-in-leicester-literary-and-philosophical-society-events
Founded in 1835, The Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society predates the University by over a century, yet it was an integral catalyst in the formation of the University of Leicester and much of our histories are entwined.
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Sensational discovery of previously unseen Adrian Mole diary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/sensational-discovery-of-previously-unseen-adrian-mole-diary
Teenage intellectual Mole achieved fame in the 1980s for his astute, observational journal cataloguing middle class domestic life in a Leicester household. He has been cited by some critics as “a modern day Pepys.
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University wins praise from regulator after showcasing its student support partnerships
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/john-blake-visit
The University of Leicester has been praised for how it works with educational partners to provide opportunities and support to students.
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Universities 'must give something back to students' says Leicester Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/universities-must-give-something-back-nishan-canagarajah
Universities “must do what we can” for students, because the pandemic has “already taken so much away”, says Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah.
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Films released to drive forward empathic healthcare education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/empathy-healthcare-education-films-leicester
Films featuring three leading empathic healthcare experts sharing their knowledge with healthcare professionals and researchers in Leicester have been released online