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Physics with Foundation Year BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/physics-with-foundation-year-bsc/2026
If you would love to study physics here at Leicester, but you don’t quite have the entry requirements, this Foundation Year degree is your path to making it happen.
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Celebrating Leicester’s live music heritage as Radio 2 comes to town
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/gigs
While some of pop’s biggest names will be descending on Leicester this weekend for Radio 2 In The Park, it’s not the first time some of them have graced a stage within the LE1 postcode.
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Leicester championed as UK’s top recruiter to RECOVERY trial
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/recovery-trial
The Leicester COVID-19 research team, made up of researchers and clinicians from the University of Leicester and Leicester’s Hospitals, were championed at the daily Number 10 press conference on Tuesday 16 June, as being the top recruiter to the national RECOVERY trial.
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Tim Peake to feature on expert panel: ‘What can space do for us?’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/space-park-conversations-tech
Experts from the worlds of science and technology including ESA astronaut Tim Peake will join a special panel discussion at the launch of Space Park Leicester.
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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.
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Leicester City Graduate Project earns FSB local government prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/city-graduate-project-award
A flagship internship scheme encouraging students from Leicester’s two universities to stay and work in the city after they graduate has been recognised as one of the best regional initiatives at a national award ceremony.
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Festival celebrates schools volunteering project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/festival-celebrates-schools-volunteering-project
A year-long volunteering project that has seen 30 members of the University delivering weekly sports sessions to eight primary schools has concluded with a celebration on campus.
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Visits to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/visits-to-leicester
Richard III visited Leicester often, both as a boy and as Duke of Gloucester. Find out about his final stay in Leicester at the Blue Boar Inn.
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Leicester choir wins University Gospel Choir of the Year competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/leicester-choir-wins-university-gospel-choir-of-the-year-competition
Leicester University Voices (LUV), a choir comprising members of the Leicester University Gospel Choir (LUGC) has won the national finals of the University Gospel Choir of the Year competition, which took place on Saturday 14 March at the Hippodrome, North London.
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Winter Wonderland
https://le.ac.uk/winter-wonderland
Winter Wonderland festivities for our students and staff to celebrate the season