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• Learn some showstopper science with Bake Off stars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/josh-webinar

  Dr Josh Smalley is joined by 2022 Great British Bake Off winner Dr Syabira Yusoff for an online event on 11 February that will explore the science behind their bakes

• University honours distinguished figures in the arts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/university-honours-distinguished-figures-in-the-arts

  An award-winning theatrical actor and the former Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language, will be honoured at the University's Degree Ceremonies on 23 January.

• University of Leicester junior doctor recognised for pioneering COVID-19 research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/dan-pan

  A University of Leicester researcher has been recognised for his pioneering research into how COVID-19 spreads from person to person.

• Could LCFCs sporting success help kick racism into touch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/could-lcfcs-sporting-success-help-kick-racism-into-touch

  Leicester City Football Club’s phenomenal success becoming English Premier League Champions in one of Britain’s most diverse cities has ‘touched the lives’ of people from all walks of life – and could have a positive impact on tackling racism.

• The Two Fredericks: A snapshot of male intimacy in prison

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/09/30/the-two-fredericks-cockatoo-island/

  Posted by Katy Roscoe in Carceral Archipelago on September 30, 2016 In the 1840s, campaigners for the abolition of convict transportation engaged in a campaign of scare-mongering about the prevalence of sexual acts between male convicts (dubbed “unnatural acts”).

• Major milestone caps off ‘amazing few weeks’ for JWST scientists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/jwst-image-array

  Martin Barstow, Professor of Astrophysics and Space Science at the University of Leicester and Chair of the Space Telescope Institute Council which oversees STScI, said: “This stunning new image is a fantastic result from the dedication of the operations team, who have...

• Benedict Cumberbatch relives Richard III reinterment in new interview

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/benedict-cumberbatch-relives-richard-iii-reinterment

  Benedict Cumberbatch has described the moment he received an email from the University advising him he was related to King Richard III.

• Mars closest to Earth in over a decade on Monday 30 May

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/mars-closest-to-earth-in-over-a-decade-on-monday-30-may

  On Bank Holiday Monday, be prepared for a celestial surprise as a planetary body sidles up next to us - or at least 46 million miles away.

• Collection development strategy 2022 - 2031

  https://le.ac.uk/library/about/policies/collection-development-strategy

  university library's 10 year collection development strategy including key priorities, kpi's, context and categorisation of collections

• Leicester academics among worlds most influential

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-academics-among-2018world2019s-most-influential2019

  Two academics from our College of Life Sciences have been cited in a list of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’.