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• Leicestershire and East Midlands mark sickle cell day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicestershire-and-east-midlands-mark-sickle-cell

  An awareness drive to educate people about the UK’s biggest genetic blood disorder has been launched in Leicestershire and the East Midlands to coincide with an international campaign.

• Researchers call for armchair astronomers to help find unknown hidden worlds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/zooniverse

  Astronomers have launched a new online initiative, calling for volunteers to come forward and help to search for planets beyond our Solar System.

• Sleeping giant surprises Gaia scientists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/black-hole

  Most massive black hole in our galaxy spotted by team including scientists from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester

• Irish Ambassador speaks at launch of book co-edited by Leicester academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/irish-ambassador-speaks-at-launch-of-book-co-edited-by-leicester-academic-1

  The Ambassador of Ireland in the United Kingdom, His Excellency Ambassador Dan Mulhall (pictured on the left), spoke at the launch of a new book co-edited by University of Leicester lecturer Dr Stephen Hopkins.

• Student of the Year nomination for University of Leicester engineer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/student-of-the-year-nomination

  Third-year year Engineering student at the University of Leicester Samiksha Raviraja is one of five students shortlisted.

• Summer schools

  https://le.ac.uk/iodp/summer-schools

  Tenth ECORD Summer School: Downhole Logging for Marine Geoscience Location: University of Leicester campus Dates: 8-14 August 2026 Our Summer School introduces the interpretation and applications of downhole logs and physical property data primarily from the...

• Our Student Manifesto

  https://le.ac.uk/about/student-futures-manifesto

  The University of Leicester’s Student Futures Manifesto is a powerful statement of intent and advocacy for successful student futures. This is our commitment to you, from start to finish of your university experience.

• Research group appeals for local parents

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/parent-advisory-group

  The Leicester City Football Club (LCFC) Programme of Research at the University of Leicester is seeking help to improve its work into the health of babies and young children and would like to hear from parents.

• Genetics and genealogy

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics

  More about the genealogical detective work involved in identifying King Richard III. Mitochondrial DNA and the Y-chromosome were used, after all these years, for the DNA identification purposes.

• Student accolades

  https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/wellcome-trust-dtp/accolades

  Find out more about some of our students’ achievements. Lorna Wheaton Lorna won First Place Poster Prize at the Royal Statistical Society conference in September 2023 and published her first paper in February 2024.