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• Joe Orton: 50 Years On

  https://le.ac.uk/joe-orton

  The Joe Orton: 50 Years On project sought to commemorate three of Joe Orton's plays (Loot, Entertaining Mr Sloane and What the Butler Saw) on the 50th anniversary of their premieres. Find out more about the project.

• Refugees and asylum seekers offered chance to find out about higher education opportunities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-offered-chance-to-find-out-about-higher-education-opportunities

  Refugees and asylum seekers are being offered free advice on how to access higher education in the UK on Thursday 22 February. The event is intended to help refugees and asylum seekers to better understand processes for applying to a Higher Education institution in the UK.

• Government funding for project to supply Africa with electricity from waste

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-pyropower-nigeria-electricity-waste

  An Earth Observation Innovation team from the University of Leicester is collaborating with PyroGenesys Ltd. and a number of UK and international organisations on a project to generate off-grid electricity for remote rural communities in Africa starting with Nigeria.

• Richard III and Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester

  Richard III visited Leicester often, both as a boy and as Duke of Gloucester. When king, Richard stayed in Leicester at least five times. Ultimately, it became his final resting place after the Battle of Bosworth when his corpse was returned to Leicester.

• Psychology Offer Holder Day

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/offer-holders/psychology

  Find out what it’s like to study Psychology at the University of Leicester. Learn about our accredited courses and chat with our staff and students.

• Ravenous black hole consumes three Earths’-worth of star every time it passes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/black-hole

  Massive burst of X-rays detected by University of Leicester astronomers indicates material three times the mass of Earth burning up in a black hole.

• Study aims to raise public awareness into the dangers of antibiotic overuse

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/eva-krockow

  Study aims to raise public awareness into the dangers of antibiotic overuse

• Researchers suggest targeting freshers could halt spread of meningitis

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/researchers-suggest-targeting-freshers-could-halt-spread-of-meningitis

  A campaign targeted at students arriving at university for the first time could hold the key to reducing the spread of meningitis and septicaemia, say researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham.

• The house (‘pansi ghor’): a classic object of human resilience to environmental disasters?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/house

  Read the article "The house (‘pansi ghor’): a classic object of human resilience to environmental disasters?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• Leicester ranked in top 1 in the world

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-ranked-in-top-1-in-the-world

  Our University has been ranked among the top 1% of universities in the world and in the top 20 universities in the UK by a global league table of higher education institutions.