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• University opens its doors for Summer Reunion Open Day 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/university-opens-its-doors-for-summer-reunion-open-day-2015

  Graduates, staff, students and their families and friends will be at the University on Saturday 27 June for a free day of social events, lectures, workshops and activities for all the family.

• University Provost discusses proposals for universities to run schools

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-provost-discusses-proposals-for-universities-to-run-schools

  The University’s Provost Professor Mark Peel has written a piece for the Times Educational Supplement discussing the Government’s consultation paper ‘Schools that work for everyone’ – asking whether universities should also be required to run a school.

• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

  https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/research/ktp

  With Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, you’ll discover that a little innovation can go a very long way. KTP comes in to provide the links to the expertise you need to grow your business and gain a competitive edge.

• Study suggests seated upper body physical activity can reduce risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes made worse by sitting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-suggests-seated-upper-body-physical-activity-can-reduce-risk-of-heart-disease-and-type-2-diabetes-made-worse-by-sitting

  A new study conducted at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), including researchers from our University, has found that breaking up prolonged bouts of restful sitting with short, frequent bouts of simple seated arm exercises can benefit obese patients at high...

• Talking statues

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/talking-statues

  Talking Statues was an innovative and novel project that used playwrights, actors and mobile technology to put words into the mouths of public statues.

• Two new Heads of School announced

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/new-cssah-heads

  Two new Heads of School have been appointed within the University of Leicester’s College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH). Lisa Smith, Professor of Criminology at the University of Leicester, has been appointed as the Head of the School of Criminology.

• University shortlisted in Royal College of Midwives awards for excellence

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/rcm-awards

  The University of Leicester has been shortlisted in three categories for the prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Awards 2023

• Scientists investigate bumblebee decline due to particulate pollutant exposure

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/bees-gut-microbiome-pollution

  By studying bumblebee exposure to particulate air pollutants scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that the diversity and behaviour of the bee gut microbial community is altered when exposed to black carbon found in air pollution, disrupting the beneficial...

• 12-13 July 2016 event

  https://le.ac.uk/crime-representation-anglophone-caribbean/events/july-12-13-2016

  Learn more about the workshops held on 12-13 July 2016 focusing on the following themes: security and insecurity; organised crime and gangs; crime, gender and sexuality.

• A place for the displaced

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/a-place-for-the-displaced

  Leicester is celebrating the contribution of refugees and asylum seekers through a week-long programme of events during Refugee Week.