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• Young Leicester artists raise money for charity through ‘Hopefulness’ exhibition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/aac-hopefulness

  A new exhibition featuring the work of budding artists from Leicester College has opened at the Attenborough Arts Centre, the University of Leicester’s public arts programme.  The Art and Design students were asked what ‘hope’ meant to them.

• Net zero

  https://le.ac.uk/sustainability/impacts/net-zero

  Learn how the University of Leicester will try to achieve the goal of being net zero by 2040.

• Former burial place of King Richard III given scheduled monument protection

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/former-burial-place-of-king-richard-iii-given-scheduled-monument-protection

  The remains of a 13th century monastic site, Greyfriars in Leicester, which was revealed as the burial place of King Richard III during the course of an excavation by Leicester archaeologists, has been granted protection by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport...

• Winning images paint a picture of research excellence

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/winning-images-paint-a-picture-of-research-excellence

  The night sky in Hawaii, the contents of your kitchen cupboard and a dying bouquet of flowers are all the subjects of photographs highlighted in the University of Leicester’s annual celebration of research through visuals and images.

• The Weakest Links Anne Robinson to speak at Literary Leicester event honouring the life of revered editor Alexander Chancellor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/the-weakest-link2019s-anne-robinson-to-speak-at-literary-leicester-event-honouring-the-life-of-revered-editor-alexander-chancellor

  A panel of esteemed writers and journalists will commemorate the life and work of Spectator editor Alexander Chancellor CBE on Wednesday 15 November at 4.00 pm.

• Space Interpreters from University of Leicester join the National Space Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/science-interpreters

  Students from the University will be spending 6 weeks building their public engagement skills with visitors to the National Space Centre

• Unravelling the Minion genome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/unravelling-the-2018minion2019-genome

  Based on what we know of the minions from the popular Despicable Me films – and the Minions movie current playing at cinemas – they could, in theory, have a complex genetic make-up similar to humans, according to Natural Sciences students Krisho Manoharan and Ruth Sang Jones.

• 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.

• Work-life balance supports improve employee well-being

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/02/19/work-life-balance-supports-improve-employee-well-being/

  Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on February 19, 2018 In this blog post Professor Stephen Wood presents some interesting findings on work-life balance and well-being, arguing that the main reasons for the improvement of employee well-being where work-life...

• Study sheds light on the genetics of stopping smoking

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/study-genetics-stopping-smoking

  The effectiveness of a common drug to quit smoking could be down to people’s genes, according to a study from the University of Leicester.