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• Student raises over 12000 for The Myton Hospices in memory of her mum

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/student-raises-over-ps12-000-for-the-myton-hospices-in-memory-of-her-mum

  A tenacious student from our University has spent the last year working tirelessly to raise money for The Myton Hospices as thanks for the fantastic support they gave her mum during her final days in their care.

• Scientists discover prehistoric Kite Runner

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/scientists-discover-prehistoric-2018kite-runner2019

  Scientists have discovered an ancient animal that carried its young in pouches or capsules tethered to the parent’s body like tiny, swirling kites. The miniscule creature, Aquilonifer spinosus, was an arthropod that lived about 430 million years ago.

• Academic appeals

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/appeals-complaints/academic-appeals

  These webpages are intended to explain the Academic Appeals process as detailed in Senate Regulation 10. Please read these pages before submitting an Academic Appeal.

• Compost mentis new demonstration site at Botanic Garden

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/compost-mentis-new-demonstration-site-at-botanic-garden

  Green fingered visitors are invited to learn more about the art of composting at a new site at our Botanic Garden.

• Tea coffee and a slice of midlife

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/tea-coffee-and-a-slice-of-mid-life

  Leicester is the first university in the UK with a workplace menopause policy - and now we're launching the region’s first Menopause Café.

• University to showcase research stars of tomorrow

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/university-to-showcase-research-stars-of-tomorrow

  The University of Leicester’s annual event celebrating postgraduate research returns this week, providing members of the public the opportunity to discover more about the diverse range of cutting-edge work of the University’s Postgraduate Researchers.

• Halloween event on campus promotes food waste reduction

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/04-pumpkin-rescue

  Students and staff learned about recycling and how to minimise wastage at a Halloween event on campus last week. Our Social Impact Team organised the Pumpkin Rescue event to show that hollowing out a Halloween pumpkin doesn’t have to involve throwing away perfectly good food.

• University to confront regional issues with Centenary Community Engagement Fund

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/community-fund

  The University of Leicester is working with community partners across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to respond to some of the most pressing issues impacting the region.

• Tan Yue: Three years after graduation, I found my way home

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/tan-yue

  Tan Yue graduated with an MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies in 2013 and has taken her experience and knowledge back to her home country and started her career in Guangdong Times Museum.

• Ethnography Symposium

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/research-events/ethnography-symposium

  18th Annual Ethnography Symposium (online only), Living with failure all around: hope in the midst of despair? 27 — 29 August 2025 All around us, we find failure. Most immediately, higher education is in crisis.