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• Universities and colleges join forces to help Leicestershire’s young people decide their futures

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/pathways-universities-join-forces

  A partnership of universities and colleges working to raise aspirations in the region’s young people has engaged over 4800 from disadvantaged backgrounds.

• Ancient skeleton provides the earliest evidence of a pet cat in Kazakhstan

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/cat-skull

  Uncovered in an urban settlement in Dzhankent, Kazakhstan, the analysis of the ancient animal skeleton shows this to be the first domesticated cat (Felis catus) found in the region.

• Leicester researchers shed new light on extragalactic event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/researchers-shed-light-extragalactic-event

  University of Leicester scientists discover that a Fast X-ray Transient (FXT) called EP250108a is the result of a massive star exploding.

• Higher Education

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-mutations-and-cancer/higher-education

  Cancers are responsible for millions of death every year. The study of cancer biology is therefore one of the largest areas of scientific interest. Cancer cells develop specific hallmarks through a series of mutations in both oncogenes and tumour-suppressor genes.

• University hosts prestigious ophthalmic genetics conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/ophthalmology-conference-leicester-clinicians

  Ophthalmic clinicians, geneticists and researchers gathered at the University of Leicester this week for the UK Eye Genetics Group (UKEGG) national conference, one of the most prominent meetings in the field of inherited eye disease in UK

• From the subatomic to the intergalactic: scientists gather in Leicester to share supercomputer results

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-dirac-day

  Experts in astrophysics, particle physics, nuclear physics and cosmology will assemble at the University of Leicester this week to share the latest scientific advances which have been made possible by DiRAC, a multi-site supercomputing facility.

• UK’s poorest students set to benefit most from university redesign

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/poorest-students

  Young people from the poorest parts of the UK are primed to benefit most as universities scramble to offer safe education as they emerge from the COVID-19 lockdown.

• Worlds collide: University of Leicester experts to help upgrade Large Hadron Collider experiment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-experts-upgrade-large-hadron-collider-experiment

  Expertise from Leicester in particle detectors to contribute to next upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, thought to be the first time Leicester scientists are working directly on instrumentation for the world’s largest particle accelerator

• Student nurses scoop prestigious awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/nursing-times-awards-leicester

  Student Nurses Daud Malida and Lily Scott, from the University of Leicester, have won Student Nursing Times Awards

• Breakthrough in fuel cell recycling turns ‘forever chemicals’ into renewable resources

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/breakthrough-fuel-cell-recycling-forever-chemicals-renewable

  University of Leicester scientists develop technique using soundwaves to separate materials in fuel cells in seconds