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• Peatland protection

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/peatland-protection

  Peatlands around the world are being destroyed to make way for plantation development, logging and mining.

• Cider in Unexpected Places? Rural Chile and the Cider Pressing – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/08/24/cider-in-unexpected-places-rural-chile-and-the-cider-pressing/

  Deborah Toner discusses the social and cultural importance of cider making in rural Southern Chile in South America, summarising the work of Anton Daughters that appears in recent book Alcohol in Latin America: A Social and Cultural History, edited by Gretchen Pierce and...

• Fellowships to support the creative economy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/fellowships-to-support-the-creative-economy

  Two AHRC Fellowships awarded to the University are to be undertaken in partnership with The Museums Association and Phoenix - Leicester’s centre for independent cinema, art and digital culture.

• Colombias worldleading approach to higher education and research affords opportunities for UK academics

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/colombias-world-leading-approach-to-higher-education-and-research-affords-opportunities-for-uk-academics

  Professor Paul van Gardingen (pictured), Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for International and Development Research at our University, was part of a delegation of academics working at institutions across the UK recently sent to Colombia to build research links in the Latin...

• Exciting Autumn programme launched at Attenborough Arts Centre 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/attenborough-arts-centre-autumn-programme-leicester

  Attenborough Arts Centre’s new autumn season features a range of thought-provoking exhibitions, performances, and artist-led creative courses and workshops, together delivering on the organisation’s mission of ‘Art For All’.

• New report shows UK ‘poorly prepared’ to reach net-zero carbon economy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/just-transition

  The UK Government must take urgent action to deliver a ‘just transition’ for workers as the country shifts towards a greener economy, according to a new study.

• University of Leicester appoints new Chair of Council

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/university-leicester-appoints-chair-council-neil-goulden

  The University of Leicester is delighted to confirm the appointment of Neil Goulden as Chair of Council.

• Psychologists create first-ever body-maps of hallucinations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/psychosis-hallucinations

  Psychosis is a term which describes experiences where an individual may have difficulties in determining what is real and what is not real.  Research indicates psychosis is associated with experiencing trauma, adverse life events, and stress.

• Year in industry with Deutsche Bank sets student Cybill Smith up for a career at Barclays

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/year-in-industry-with-deutsche-bank-sets-student-cybill-smith-up-for-a-career-at-barclays

  One of this week’s graduating students has expressed how pausing academic study, to spend a year working for Deutsche Bank, was an invaluable experience in terms of developing her professional skills and preparing her for the next step in her career.

• Goal 5: Gender Equality

  https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/gender-equality

  The fifth Sustainable Development Goal is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.