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• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• Ground-breaking view of the cosmos revealed at Space Park Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/13/ground-breaking-view-of-the-cosmos-revealed-at-space-park-leicester/

  Astounding images telling the story of a hidden universe through every phase of its cosmic history have been revealed for the first time at Space Park Leicester.

• BBC Book of the Week author set to inspire our English students

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/kit-de-waal-english-leicester

  The author of this week’s BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week will be inspiring students on the University of Leicester’s English course, from September.

• Did you know? Food and Brazilian assertions of Africanness – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/05/21/did-you-know-food-and-brazilian-assertions-of-africanness/

  Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on May 21, 2015     In October 1972, Brazilian foreign minister Gibson Barbosa went on a month-long trip to nine West African countries in order to develop closer economic and political relations with black Africa.

• Space Park Leicester to host IP and funding workshop

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/space-park-leicester-ip-funding-workshop-770

  60-minute session exploring how businesses in the space and technology sectors can leverage intellectual property (IP) and funding opportunities to accelerate growth, secure investment, and commercialise breakthrough ideas.

• Literature

  https://le.ac.uk/own-write/resources/literature

  The literature on pauper letters and the lives of the poor has grown considerably over the last two decades. Explore literature associated with the project.

• Careers: Work experience with the SAPPHIRE research group

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2018/01/31/careers-work-experience-with-the-sapphire-research-group/

  Want to know more about the work of SAPPHIRE and what it's like to work here? SAPPHIRE recently had the opportunity to have a Sociology undergraduate student do a work experience placement with us.