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• Hamish Simpson

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson

  We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.

• £2.5m to help with complex health and social care decision-making across the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/evidence-synthesis-funding

  Funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to support collaboration providing research-based evidence to support important decision-making across the four UK nations.

• Blood clots during COVID-19 may be a cause of ongoing cognitive problems

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/brain-fog

  High levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including ‘brain fog’, giving a major clue as to one cause of their symptoms: blood clots

• UK-born UK healthcare workers more likely to report multiple long-term health conditions than those born overseas

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/health-conditions

  UK healthcare workers born in the UK are significantly more likely to report having multiple long-term health conditions than migrant UK healthcare workers, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Leicester

• University of Leicester performs strongly on Student Voice and Organisation and Management in the National Student Survey

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/nss

  University of Leicester students are positive about the organisation of their course and their opportunities to feedback on it, results in the National Student Survey (NSS) have shown.

• Inspirational student who twice battled sepsis receives First Class degree

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/inspirational-student-who-twice-battled-sepsis-receives-first-class-degree

  One of our recent graduates Kishan Vithlani has twice overcome a potentially life-threatening sepsis infection and gone on to achieve a First Class Computer Science BSc. Kishan was born with a congenital heart condition, and had to have surgery twice as a child.

• Transient Astrophysics

  https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/astrophysics/transient-astrophysics

  At Leicester we study explosive transients such as Gamma-Ray Bursts, the sources of gravitational waves and activity connected to galactic nuclei.

• Prestigious award for mathematician exploring climate by numbers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/valerio-lucarini-award

  University of Leicester’s Professor Valerio Lucarini has been awarded this year’s Keilis-Borok Medal, recognising outstanding contributions in mathematical geophysics

• Leicester doctor and researcher listed in Forbes ‘30 under 30’

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/forbes-30

  An infectious diseases doctor at Leicester’s Hospitals has been listed as one of Forbes’ ‘30 under 30’ in Europe in the field of Science and Healthcare.

• Public can celebrate Leicester’s heritage this weekend

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/heritage-hub

  A free event which puts the spotlight on Leicester’s rich heritage takes place this weekend at the University of Leicester.