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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.

• Study into common health condition compares surgery to less invasive treatment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/dupuytrens

  Researchers from the University of Leicester have compared the effectiveness of surgery over a less invasive injection for the treatment of a common health condition

• India students sign up for new computer science degree that spans two continents

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/indian-students-computer-science-degree-spans-continents

  Students in India have made history after embarking on a new degree which will see them split their studies between The Apollo University (TAU), in the subcontinent, and the University of Leicester.

• Breakthrough in tackling increasing demand by ‘internet of things’ on mobile networks

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/mobile-networks-demand

  New method to manage access to mobile networks by multiple users developed at University of Leicester that aims to tackle increased demands as ‘internet of things’ is set to grow rapidly

• Black Lives Matter

  https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/about/black-lives-matter

  Academics in the Centre for American Studies have put together a list of resources for anyone interested in learning more about the Black Lives Matter movement.

• Immigration and indigenism in popular historical discourses

  https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects/immigration-and-indigenism

  Research Associate: Dr Marc Scully The relationship between a sense of national or regional identity and collective memory has been a matter of longstanding concern across a range of disciplines, including social psychology, sociology, history and politics.

• Targeting toxins

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/targeting-toxins

  In 2015, a team from our Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation used X-ray crystallography to determine the molecular structure of pneumolysin.

• Whats in a name

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/whats-in-a-name

  A senior lecturer from the University of Leicester has discussed ‘the politics of naming’ in a debate with the editor of The Independent over the city name: Mumbai or Bombay.

• University wins support for out of the box ideas

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/university-wins-support-for-2018out-of-the-box2019-ideas

  Research into new drugs at the University has been boosted by government money. The University has been successful in obtaining grants totalling £1M from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to support research into new medicines.