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• Destruction of Old St Pauls Cathedral highlights Great Fire of Londons devastating impact

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/destruction-of-old-st-paul2019s-cathedral-highlights-great-fire-of-londons-devastating-impact

  In 1666 the Great Fire of London burned its way through the city, displacing thousands of residents and destroying many buildings - including Old St Paul’s Cathedral.

• Inspirational student who twice battled sepsis receives First Class degree

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/inspirational-student-who-twice-battled-sepsis-receives-first-class-degree

  One of our recent graduates Kishan Vithlani has twice overcome a potentially life-threatening sepsis infection and gone on to achieve a First Class Computer Science BSc. Kishan was born with a congenital heart condition, and had to have surgery twice as a child.

• Research shows human impact forms striking new pattern in Earths global energy flow

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-shows-human-impact-forms-2018striking-new-pattern2019-in-earth2019s-global-energy-flow

  The impact humans have made on Earth in terms of how we produce and consume resources has formed a ‘striking new pattern’ in the planet’s global energy flow, according to research led by Professors Mark Williams and Jan Zalasiewicz from the Department of Geology.

• ESA provides a business boost for Space Park Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/esa-boost-space-park

  Space Park Leicester has been selected as a new centre to offer the successful business incubation programme for start-ups in the UK, run by the European Space Agency (ESA).

• The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/cotton-bobbin

  Read the article "The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• 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

• The Cultural Value of Engaging with Museums and Galleries

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/engaging-with-museums-2

  This event explored the findings of RCMG’s research on the cultural value of museums and galleries.

• Celebrating 50 years of knowledge transfer partnerships

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/celebrating-50-years-knowledge-transfer-partnerships

  The University of Leicester hosted a KTP@50 event to mark five decades of transformative collaboration between academia and industry through the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme.

• Was Richard IIIs scoliosis kept a secret until his death

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/was-richard-iiis-scoliosis-kept-a-secret-until-his-death

  Last month saw the mortal remains of King Richard III reinterred at Leicester Cathedral, more than two years after University archaeologists discovered his skeleton in a car park in August 2012.

• Major donation to enhance life-changing kidney research at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/mayer-igan

  Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received a major boost on World Kidney Day following a generous £1million donation from long-term supporter and kidney health advocate Jimmy Mayer.