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• 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...

• New test could help preserve endangered gibbon populations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/gibbons-twycross-genetic-endangered

  A Leicester geneticist working with ape specialists at Twycross Zoo has developed a test which could help preserve highly vulnerable Gibbon populations from extinction

• 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.

• School of English Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Living in Arcadia: Sophie Swithinbank reflects on the early days of her David Bradshaw Creative Writ

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/05/02/living-in-arcadia-sophie-swithinbank-reflects-on-the-early-days-of-her-david-bradshaw-creative-writing-residency-2019/

  Posted by in Waugh and Words on May 2, 2019 Sophie is based at the Visiting Scholars’ Centre, Weston Library, Oxford Sophie Swithinbank reflects on the paradox of traditional and millennial values that exist in Oxford, in 2019, and her first week in Oxford, as part – time...

• International Relations and World Order MA, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/international-relations-and-world-order-ma-dl/2026

  This is for you if... the flexibility of studying by distance learning whilst gaining a critical understanding of the nature and dynamics of international relations in the contemporary global system.

• Expert opinions cover Juno museums Cassini Ethiopian dams and the business of bikes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/expert-opinions-cover-juno-museums-cassini-and-the-business-of-bikes

  Dr Jonathan Nichols from our Department of Physics and Astronomy has been highlighted in a number of media outlets, including the Daily Mail, the Verge and Wired, discussing stunning auroras on Jupiter discovered as part of NASA's Juno mission, which our University is the...