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• Hive of activity how genes turn bees into workers and queens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/hive-of-activity-how-genes-turn-bees-into-workers-and-queens

  Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the land of milk and honey by becoming a queen or remains a lowly worker bee based on which genes are ‘turned on’ during its lifespan.

• University stamp features on postbox to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail Special Stamps

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-stamp-to-feature-on-postbox-in-leicester-to-mark-the-50th-anniversary-of-royal-mail-special-stamps

  The stamp of the University of Leicester issued in 1971 was unveiled today by President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle on a post box in Leicester to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail’s much-loved modern Special Stamps programme.

• University of Leicester rated one of the best in the world

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/16-university-of-leicester-rated-one-of-the-best-in-the-world

  The University of Leicester is ranked one of the top 200 universities in the world and top 25 in the UK according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2020.

• Major new hate crime study to shape improved support services for victims

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/major-new-hate-crime-study-to-shape-improved-support-services-for-victims

  A major new study to investigate hate crime in the West Midlands and to shape the development of improved support services for victims is being led by our University.

• The Census@Leicester Project

  https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/expertise/social-science/esrc-impact-acceleration-account/iaa-funded-projects/census

  In a new age of ‘super diversity’ and ‘minority majority’ cities, Leicester is becoming increasingly unique in its socio-demographic make-up.

• Vindolanda Week 3 – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2020/11/25/there-and-back-again-vindolanda-week-3/

  The Arch-I-Scan team finishes up their third week of pottery scanning at the Roman fort and museum at Vindolanda.

• If tomorrow never comes.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/02/07/if-tomorrow-never-comes/

  Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on February 7, 2018 This blog post is dedicated to the man who stepped out in front of my car as I drove to work this morning.

• Team bios

  https://le.ac.uk/varsity/team-bios

  Meet the teams competing for the University of Leicester in this year's Varsity - find out what they're competing in, their notable achievements and what Varsity means to them.

• Student experience highlighted in latest Daily Mail university rankings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/student-experience-daily-mail-university-rankings

  University of Leicester ranks 34th in the Daily Mail University Guide 2026 - top 10 for student experience, with Medicine, Maths, and Engineering in the top five.

• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/131/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester