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• £5 million grant for health science PhD students

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/16-wellcome-grant

  The University of Leicester has been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant of over £5 million. The grant will enable the University to support 40 genomic epidemiology and public health genomics PhD students beginning in the 2020/21 academic year.

• Top ten position for student experience for Leicester in latest The Times and Sunday Times league table

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/times-league-table-2025

  University of Leicester placed equal 28th overall in the in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026

• New University film, 'Revisiting the Harms of Hate', available now

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/revisiting-harms-hate-film

  The sequel to a celebrated short film, produced by the University of Leicester, exploring the impact of hate crime is now available to watch.

• New joint venture to tackle air pollution announced

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-joint-venture-to-tackle-air-pollution-announced

  EarthSense Systems, a new joint venture between aerial mapping company Bluesky and our University, is set to spearhead innovations in air quality monitoring.

• Museum Studies at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies

  The University of Leicester has acquired a reputation for experimental thinking and practice in museum studies. Read more on our study opportunities.

• Outreach

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

  Staff in English at the University of Leicester are committed to presenting their work outside Higher Education, and to discussing research ideas beyond the university. Find out about our talks, events, public readings, local education projects and more.

• Funerals and Memorial Services

  https://le.ac.uk/medicine/about/body-donation-programme/procedure/funeral-arrangements

  If you have been accepted onto the Body Donation Programme, after you have arrived at the University following your death, your next of kin/executor will be offered certain options for your eventual funeral. Learn more about our funerals and our Memorial Service.

• School Research Seminars

  https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events/school-research-seminars

  Find out more about our programme of internal research seminars

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/copd

  COPD is a progressive-obstructive disease that is not completely reversible and is predominantly caused by smoking. COPD is characterised by intermittent flare-ups that commonly lead to bacterial infections. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are both features of COPD. Asthma.

• Age at prediabetes diagnosis a key factor for risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer, study indicates

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/diabetes-cancer-diagnosis-leicester

  Academics from the University of Leicester have found that the risk of developing cancer following a prediabetes diagnosis is greater in those aged between 55 and 75 years than any other age group.