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• Olympics poet honoured with award from the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/lemn-sissay

  The official poet for the London 2012 Olympic Games has been recognised with an honorary degree from the University of Leicester.

• Attenborough Arts Centre announces a year of upcoming exhibitions

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/aac

  Attenborough Arts Centre announces its new exhibitions for 2024/25

• Space Park Leicester to host 100th ESA BIC UK start-up

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/skyfarer-esa-bic-uk

  Elliot Parnham, Founder and CEO at Skyfarer, said: “Making drone delivery possible is an audacious challenge and one that requires collaboration and expertise in various areas to realise the vision.

• Edward Derbyshire

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/edward-derbyshire

  We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Edward Derbyshire, former Head of the Department of Geography, who passed away on 9 July 2024.

• The secret behind Scrooge? Research studies Dickens’ coded letters

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/dickens-code

  Charles Dickens’s festive favourite A Christmas Carol is a staple of the holiday season. But now Leicester literary experts are part of an international team looking to uncover the secrets of the author’s coded manuscripts.

• Dr Suzie Imber appears on BBCs The One Show discussing success in Astronauts programme and Universitys involvement in upcoming BepiColombo mission to Mercury

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/dr-suzie-imber-appears-on-bbc2019s-the-one-show-discussing-success-in-2018astronauts2019-programme-and-university2019s-involvement-in-upcoming-bepicolombo-mission-to-mercury

  Dr Suzie Imber (pictured) from our Department of Physics and Astronomy, who recently won BBC Two’s ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?’, has discussed her experience taking part in the competition on BBC’s The One Show (8 November).

• Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 14

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/14/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Kasabian frontman takes centre stage at University of Leicester graduation ceremony

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/kasabian-frontman-centre-stage-university-leicester-graduation-ceremony

  It was a home-coming gig like no other for Kasabian singer, songwriter and record producer, Sergio ‘Serge’ Pizzorno when he stepped up to receive an honorary degree from the University of Leicester.

• 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.