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                    Welcome to Leicesterhttps://le.ac.uk/study/welcome Essential information and support for new students joining the University of Leicester - checklists, events, and settling in guidance. 
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                    University hosts national event celebrating interdisciplinary research and global impacthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/18-rutherford-fellows-event The University of Leicester hosted 50 Rutherford Fellows representing 15 countries in an event facilitating interdisciplinary research and enhancing impact. 
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                    Discovery of new 430 million-year-old fossils challenges our understanding of ancient molluscshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/punk-emo Study involving University of Leicester scientist examines ‘exceptionally preserved’ soft tissues in fossils 
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                    Leicester to benefit from NERC funding for Central England training centre programmehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/11-central-england-training-centre-programme NERC pledges £100M for postgraduate training – University of Leicester to benefit from Central England training centre programme 
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                    The census formhttps://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/census-form Read the article "The census form" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester. 
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                    Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructurehttps://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/infrastructure-innovation The ninth Sustainable Development Goal is to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation. 
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                    Space Park Leicester and University make space sustainability commitmenthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/space-park-sustainability-memorandum University of Leicester signs Memorandum of Principles for Space Sustainability, coinciding with the launch of the Astra Carta, an initiative pioneered by His Majesty King Charles III 
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                    Research reveals human-driven changes to distinctive foraging patterns in North Pacific Oceanhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/albatross-foraging Dr Eric Guiry is Lecturer in Biomolecular Archaeology at the University of Leicester and corresponding author for the study, which focused on two locations close to Yuquot, Canada, and compared findings to sites in the USA, Russia and Japan. 
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                    50 years of credit cardshttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/04/50-years-of-credit-cards/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2016 Its 50 years since people started using credit cards in the UK with the issue of the first Barclaycards. The BBC has a fascinating social history feature. 
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                    ekrockowhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/author/emk12/ First ever SAPPHIRE-run Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School is huge success Posted by ekrockow in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on August 29, 2019 SAPPHIRE ran the first Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School.