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• ‘Back to the Future’ study informs new Government report

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/31-gov-office-science-foresight-future-mobility-report

  A University of Leicester professor has made a major contribution to a new Government report – The Foresight Future of Mobility – being launched today (Thursday 31 January).

• University of Leicester diabetes professors named among nation’s lifesavers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/16-nations-lifesavers

  Identifying and preventing diabetes 1b6DMuqdN1c|Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Melanie Davies CBE featured in national campaign.

• Leicester cosmic explosion expert among exceptional scientists elected as Royal Society Fellows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/cosmic-explosion-scientist-elected-royal-society-fellow

  University of Leicester’s Professor Nial Tanvir receives one of science’s highest honours, recognising a career spent studying the Universe’s brightest and most violent explosions

• University of Leicester appoints new Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/university-leicester-head-college-science-engineering

  The University is delighted to confirm the appointment of Professor Dirk Schaefer as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of College for Science and Engineering from 1 August 2025.

• Leicester wins Duolingo’s University Challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-wins-duolingo-university-challenge

  Dr Fiona Ashmore from the University of Leicester has been crowned the first winner of the Duolingo English Test University Challenge.

• University of Leicester outlines next steps in Strategic Review

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/university-leicester-next-steps-strategic-review

  The University of Leicester has launched a formal consultation on proposals aimed at strengthening its financial sustainability and future success.

• AI-powered research tackles healthcare inequality for people with learning disabilities  

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/midland-report-ai-health-outcomes

  A new report by the Academy of Social Sciences has showcased research by the University of Leicester and led by Loughborough University on using artificial intelligence to tackle healthcare inequality.

• Viking figurines were ‘more than just jewellery’, and were used and handled in a variety of ways, including long-term curation, 'decapitation', and attached to Christian artefacts 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/viking-jewellery-mythology-silver-bronze

  Senior author Dr Christina Tsoraki, of the School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester adds, "By studying the wear of the 'valkyrie' pendants -- the valkyries being female mythological beings that would bring slain warriors from the battlefield to...

• Lecturer clinches early career award for outstanding work in pharmacy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/scott

  Sion Scott, a lecturer in behavioural medicine and lead postgraduate tutor at the University of Leicester is the winner of the Outstanding Pharmacy Early-Career Researcher Award’ (OPERA) 2024

• Leicester scientists scouring skies for falling fireballs

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/fireball-camera

  A special camera to detect fireballs has been installed at Space Park Leicester to help recover meteorites when they fall to Earth from outer space.