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• Student written off after failing his ALevels starts PhD at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/student-2018written-off2019-after-failing-his-a-levels-starts-phd-at-leicester

  Written off at 18 after failing his A-levels, Richard Evans has just embarked on a PhD course at Leicester. The 26-year-old puts his turn around in fortunes down to the support he has received while studying for a BA in Ancient History & Archaeology.

• Initiatives

  https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives

  Learn more about our initiatives, including Bright Path Futures, Ukraine support, Trauma-informed pedagogy and RefugEAP.

• Celebrating diversity during LGBT+ month

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/12-lgbt-history-month

  As part of a month long celebration of diversity, we are hosting a series of events to mark LGBT+ History Month, which runs from Monday 3 February to Friday 13 March 2020.

• Guidance for students

  https://le.ac.uk/brexit/students

  We know that students at the University of Leicester are uncertain about how they will be affected by Brexit. We are committed to supporting all our students throughout this period of change.

• Final stage reached for space missions powered by University of Leicester expertise

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/space-missions

  Two space missions that involve the University of Leicester are in the final stages of the selection process that will see one successful mission taken forward by the European Space Agency for launch.

• Study investigates public acceptability for placebos as replacement of unnecessary medicines

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/placebo

  The wider use of placebos in primary care to reduce overprescribing, conserve existing antibiotics and limit further resistance, is publicly acceptable new study shows.

• University of Leicester heart research receives £7 million funding boost

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/bhf-award

  The British Heart Foundation has awarded £3 million to the University of Leicester (BHF) to support its world-class cardiovascular disease research over the next five years

• Social stress key to population’s rate of COVID-19 infection, study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/covid-19-social-stress

  Mathematicians have analysed global COVID-19 data to identify two constants which can drastically change a country’s rate of infection.

• Events in Israel, Palestine and the Middle East

  https://le.ac.uk/about/conflict-support/israel-palestine

  See more about the current events in Israel, Palestine and the Middle East, and the University's response.

• ‘Worms in space’ experiment aims to investigate the biological effects of spaceflight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/worms-space-experiment-biological-effects-spaceflight

  Universities of Leicester and Exeter collaborate on mission to send nematode worms to the International Space Station in a ‘Petri Pod’ designed and built at Space Park Leicester