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  • Could scream power meet Britains energy requirements

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/could-screams-meet-britains-energy-requirements

    Screams extracted from the population of Britain, as seen in the Disney and Pixar film Monsters, Inc,. could theoretically be used to generate enough energy to power the country, according to a Natural Sciences student from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science.

  • Leicester PhD student sets her sights on success thanks to award for telescope research

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/phd-student-award-telescope-research

    Natasha Carr from the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy has received the Florence and Johnstone Stoney Award from the British Federation of Women Graduates

  • Chancellor

    https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/court/chancellor

    Award-winning space scientist, broadcaster and author, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, joined the University of Leicester as Chancellor on 1 March 2023.

  • Leicester leads major breakthrough in asbestos linked cancer

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/confirm

    A University of Leicester led team has made a major breakthrough in treating mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer linked to breathing in asbestos, which could help add years to patients’ lives.

  • Schools are key to raising aspirations for next generation of doctors

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/schools-are-key-to-raising-aspirations-for-next-generation-of-doctors

    Teachers and careers advisers are key to improving access to the medical profession for young people in some of the country’s most socially disadvantaged areas – but universities must reach out to give them the support that they need, says the new Head of our Medical School.

  • The Anthropocene Leicester scientists respond to criticisms of new geological epoch

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/the-anthropocene-leicester-scientists-respond-to-criticisms-of-new-geological-epoch

    A team of academics from our University has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene.

  • Midlands commission highlights action to address health and care inequalities

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/midlands-commission-healthcare-inequalities

    Organisations across the Midlands and leading national health charities are collectively launching a policy commission which has the potential to transform the health and care of people across the region by addressing health and care inequalities

  • Bake Off and Gardeners’ World stars top the bill at Leicester festival

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/bake-off-gardeners-world-stars-leicester-festival

    Stars from Gardeners’ World and The Great British Bake Off top the bill of a family friendly festival taking place in Leicester.

  • How the BBC is using WhatsApp

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/how-the-bbc-is-using-whatsapp/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 A really interesting case study and webinar made available by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers which discusses use of social media by the BBC World Service to...

  • Getting the Richard III discovery team back together 10 years on

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/richard-iii-podcast

    The team behind the discovery and identification of the remains of King Richard III has reunited for a podcast series.

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