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• ChancellorElect in visit to University and city report now online

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/chancellor-elect-in-visit-to-university-and-city

  Lord Willetts, Chancellor-Elect of the University visited the campus on 15 February to celebrate the official launch of his new book, A University Education.

• Leicester scientists in discovery of new type of plant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientists-in-discovery-of-new-type-of-plant

  Dr James Higgins from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has been involved in the discovery of a new type of plant growing in Shetland. Scientists at the University of Stirling discovered the plant – with its evolution only having occurred in the last 200 years.

• Phage research report conclusions welcomed by Leicester experts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/phages-report

  University of Leicester experts in phages contributed to a Government Select Committee report on the potential use of phages to fight bacterial infections

• Students Union helps students through exam period with some Leicesterlove

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/students2019-union-help-students-through-exam-period-with-some-leicesterlove

  Exam times are always stressful, so to help students through, the Students’ Union has once again been playing fairy godmother and granting wishes with a bit of #LeicesterLove.

• Our space research highlights

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/space-research

  Our researchers are reaching for the stars when it comes to space research, our work in this area is also helping inform the way we live and adapt to our planet.

• Alan Buchan

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/alan-buchan

  The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Alan Robson Buchan MD DPH FFPH, Emeritus Professor of Community Medicine, who passed away on New Year's Day.

• Ultra-hot gas around remnants of Sun-like stars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-stars

  Stars (Left) Artist’s impression of the hot white dwarf GALEXJ014636.8+323615 (white) and its ultra-hot circumstellar magnetosphere (purple) trapped with the magnetic field (green). Credit: N. Reindl. (Right) Colour image of the white dwarf GALEXJ014636.

• How to Train Your Dragonto Fly

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/how-to-train-your-dragon-to-fly

  The breeds of dragon from the popular DreamWorks film series How to Train Your Dragon, based on the books by author Cressida Cowell, are of varying size and shape, ranging from the small but aggressive Terrible Terror which is just over a foot...

• Complaints procedure

  https://le.ac.uk/study/accommodation/policies-and-procedures/complaints-procedure

  Information on university of Leicester accommodation complaints procedure

• Leicester literature festival returns with star authors and tribute to Agatha Christie

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/literary-leicester-book-festival-agatha-christie-50

  Leicester’s flagship literature festival, Literary Leicester, returns in 2026 with an exciting line up of internationally acclaimed authors including Sophie Hannah, Louise Doughty, Jonathan Coe and Dame Jacqueline Wilson.