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Space Park Leicester to appear at US Commercial Space Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/space-park-leicester-commercial-space-week
William Wells joins the UK government’s delegation at the event which will attract more than 5,000 attendees from over 30 countries
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Leicester ranked among top universities for Clinical Medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/shanghai-ranking
The University of Leicester has been ranked in the top 5 UK universities for Clinical Medicine by the prestigious Shanghai World Rankings.
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PHOTO GALLERY University receives biggest ever gift from an individual 27 million
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-receives-biggest-ever-gift-from-an-individual-ps2-7-million
Our University has received its biggest ever single gift from a private individual - £2.7 million- which will be used to fund life-saving kidney research of global significance in our College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology.
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Airbus Intelligence relocating to Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/24-airbus-space-park
artist impression of space park campus|The University of Leicester is pleased to announce that Airbus plans to relocate their Leicestershire-based Earth Observation expert team to Space Park Leicester when their current lease expires.
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£5 million grant for health science PhD students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/16-wellcome-grant
The University of Leicester has been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant of over £5 million. The grant will enable the University to support 40 genomic epidemiology and public health genomics PhD students beginning in the 2020/21 academic year.
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Mock COP imagines climate conference with students at the negotiating table
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/mock-cop-climate-conference-students-negotiating
Students from the University of Leicester Student Union's Sustainability Council staged their own version of COP
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UK delegation travels to India to meet first cohort studying Apollo-Leicester course
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/uk-delegation-india-first-cohort-apollo-leicester-course
A University of Leicester delegation travelled to India to meet the very first cohort of students on a degree which will see them split their studies between the UK and the subcontinent.
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University joins national group dedicated to tackling world health issues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/biofilm-research-disease-resistance
The University of Leicester has joined a consortium of research institutes dedicated to tackling disease, climate change and food security
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University of Leicester commits to reverse biodiversity decline through worldwide Nature Positive Universities Alliance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/nature-positive
The University of Leicester has been announced as one of the founding members of the Nature Positive Universities Alliance, continuing its commitment to being a biodiversity net-positive organisation.
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Alumni Awards Dinner
https://le.ac.uk/alumni/join-us/events/award-winners-showcase
Biographies of past winners of University of Leicester Alumni Awards