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• Aspiring lawyers from poorer homes to benefit from 1M programme

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/aspiring-lawyers-from-poorer-homes-to-benefit-from-ps1m-programme

  Thousands of aspiring lawyers from non-privileged homes will benefit from a £1m expansion of the Sutton Trust’s Pathways to Law programme, a pioneering initiative designed to widen access to the legal profession.

• New exhibition inspired by iconic Leicester playwright Joe Orton to open its doors

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/new-exhibition-inspired-by-iconic-leicester-playwright-joe-orton-to-open-its-doors

  A new exhibition inspired by the life and work of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton will open its doors at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in London on Sunday 5 February.

• Where to dig

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/where-to-dig

  We identified three potential areas of excavation – the Leicester City Council Social Services car park, the former Alderman Newton’s School playground and a private car park to the west of New Street.

• Alumni stars are recognised at glittering awards night in London

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/alumni-stars-awards-night-london

  The University of Leicester recognised its inspiring alumni for their achievements at a special awards evening held in London.

• Congrats to Soheb Mandhai – Winning Entry for RAS Early Career Poster Exhibition

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/25/congrats-to-soheb-mandhai-winning-entry-for-ras-early-career-poster-exhibition/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 November 2020 The School congratulates researcher Soheb Mandhai on one of the five winning entries for the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) poster exhibition.

• Leicester receives record Turing Scheme funding

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/turing

  Having secured its largest-ever single grant for overseas mobility in 2023, Leicester has once more successfully bid for Turing funding to support outbound student mobility.

• Huiyu Zhou

  https://le.ac.uk/people/huiyu-zhou

  The academic profile of Professor Huiyu Zhou, Professor of Machine Learning at University of Leicester

• Prehistoric penis worms shed light on ocean ecology half a billion years ago

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/prehistoric-2018penis-worms2019-shed-light-on-ocean-ecology-half-a-billion-years-ago

  Dr Tom Harvey from the Department of Geology has been involved in a study along with researchers at the University of Cambridge into Ottoia, a type of phallic-shaped ‘penis worm’ – and has helped to identify that the creature used a bizarre set of teeth to drag itself across...

• National Space Centre Lockdown Thematic Weeks

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/05/12/national-space-centre-lockdown-thematic-weeks/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 May 2020 During the 2020 lockdown, the National Space Centre continued to engage a national audience with their space-themes videos.

• Hijacking of religious symbols by extremists intensifies rifts and tensions suggests academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018hijacking2019-of-religious-symbols-by-extremists-intensifies-rifts-and-tensions-suggests-academic

  The ‘hijacking’ of religious symbols – such as beards, clothing and phrases - by extremists sullies their original use and intensifies rifts and tensions, according to Dr Saeeda Shah (pictured) from the School of Education.