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• Talk will explore the search for life beyond Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/talk-search-life-beyond-earth

  Professor Karen Olsson-Francis from the Open University will give her talk ‘Living Life at the Limits' at Space Park Leicester on 25 April

• Space scientists look to face down climate change

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/sprint-funding

  Two pioneering projects led by space scientists at the University of Leicester have been awarded a share of research funding by the UK Space Agency.

• University of Leicester strikes health and education agreements with Ghana to work on shared goals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/university-leicester-health-education-agreements-ghana

  The University of Leicester has strengthened its West African ties after entering a partnership with the University of Ghana and launching major health research into diabetes in Ghana.

• 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”).

• Mining the Museum

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2013/06/05/mining-the-museum-2/

  Posted by Janet Marstine in School of Museum Studies Blog on June 5, 2013 On 22 May at the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) conference in Baltimore I attended an unforgettable session commemorating twenty years since artist Fred Wilson’s precedent-setting intervention...

• Student calculates which colour lightsaber would be most powerful

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/student-calculates-which-colour-lightsaber-would-be-most-powerful

  Aspiring Jedi Knights will be happy to learn that the red lightsabers used by their enemies, the Sith, are likely the weakest type available on the futuristic arms market, while a purple lightsaber would be the strongest, based on calculations made by a student from our...

• Student shortlisted for Welsh Governments highest accolade

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/student-shortlisted-for-welsh-government2019s-highest-accolade

  English student Mercy has been recognised by the Welsh Government for her ongoing campaigning as a young voice for people with HIV. In February, Mercy was shortlisted for a St David Award- the highest accolade that the Welsh Government can present to a civilian.

• Leaders and pioneers to be honoured by University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leaders-and-pioneers-to-be-honoured-by-university-of-leicester

  The University of Leicester will celebrate the achievements of leaders and pioneers in their fields by conferring them with honorary degrees at ceremonies this week (14-17 July).

• Charity pays for Gazan medical students to complete their studies with the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/charity-supports-gazan-medical-students-university-leicester

  A charity has stepped in to cover the living costs of two medical students displaced from war-torn Gaza, to complete their studies at the University of Leicester.

• Leicester Abbey and the missing remains of Cardinal Wolsey righthand man to Henry VIII

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-abbey-and-the-missing-remains-of-cardinal-wolsey-right-hand-man-to-henry-viii

  The discovery of Richard III and the subsequent research into his remains has helped to acquaint members of the public with the nation’s history – and now some have set their sights on the search for another lost historical figure in Leicester.