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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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NHS COVID patient recovery website launched
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/your-covid-recovery
A new project to help rehabilitate thousands of patients across the UK who are recovering from COVID-19 has been launched by NHS England in collaboration with NHS Improvement, the University of Leicester, and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL).
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Leicester medieval historian elected as Fellow of the British Academy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/joanna-story-british-academy-fellow-leicester
The University of Leicester's Professor Joanna Story has been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy as a UK Fellow.
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Landmark genetic study sheds new light on how the eye develops its sharpest vision
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/eye-genetic-study-foveal-leicester
Combining artificial intelligence and genetics has allowed researchers in Leicester to study the part of the eye that gives us sharp central vision in amazing detail for the first time
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SafePod
https://le.ac.uk/library/research-support/safepod
The University Library contains a SafePod part of the SPN SafePod Network for researchers to securely access research data in a controlled secure environment from approved data centres to meet data security requirements related to sensitive research data for their research...
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Student profile: Sharda
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/student-profiles/sharda-esrc-midlands-grad
PhD topic Gentrification and Facadism in Kensington, 1950-2022. Where did you study your undergraduate/masters? I studied my undergraduate at Royal Holloway, University of London and received a 1st class (Hons) in History.
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University members celebrate the Queens 90th birthday at the Patrons lunch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/university-members-celebrate-the-queens-90th-birthday-at-the-patrons-lunch
Twelve members of the University and Students' Union were among the crowd of 10,000 guests who braved the rain in London yesterday for a picnic lunch to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's 90th birthday.
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Sakura celebration: Students plant ‘symbol of Japan’ on Leicester campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/cherry-blossom
The tree planting was lent special significance in the University’s Centenary year, as Leicester’s first international student, Tamotsu Shishikura, came to the University College from Tokyo to study English between 1922 and 1924.
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Geography Society
https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/undergraduate/geography-society
The Geography Society at the University of Leicester is an entirely student-led organisation. It plays a key role in creating a friendly and social atmosphere, bringing together staff and students from all year groups and degree programmes.
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Leicester invites space enthusiasts to join the ‘new space’ revolution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/leicester-invites-space-enthusiasts-to-join-the-2018new-space2019-revolution
Leicester invites space enthusiasts to join the ‘new space’ revolution Leicester invites space enthusiasts to join the ‘new space’ revolution|Tickets now available for Leicester’s first SpaceUp ‘unconference’ taking place 17-18 November.