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• Leicester conservation project to save threatened wildflowers from extinction

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-conservation-project-to-save-threatened-wildflowers-from-extinction

  A new project at our University hopes to save rare and threatened local wildflowers from across Leicestershire and Rutland from extinction.

• Leicester student completes London Marathon in under three hours

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-student-completes-london-marathon-in-under-three-hours

  A third year medical student has completed the London Marathon in an impressive time of 2.59.02, which saw her finish 66th in the women’s race, 52nd in her age category and 1755th overall.

• Clearing out student accommodation reaps rich rewards for charity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/12-bhf-collection

  A charity scheme that encourages students to donate their unwanted items at the end of term instead of throwing them away, has saved an incredible 39 tonnes of items from being thrown away in Leicester.

• Leicester choir wins University Gospel Choir of the Year competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/leicester-choir-wins-university-gospel-choir-of-the-year-competition

  Leicester University Voices (LUV), a choir comprising members of the Leicester University Gospel Choir (LUGC) has won the national finals of the University Gospel Choir of the Year competition, which took place on Saturday 14 March at the Hippodrome, North London.

• Hamish Simpson

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson

  We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.

• Streptococcus pneumoniae

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/meningitis/streptococcus-pneumoniae

  Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterial cause of meningitis, a community acquired infection.

• Leicester partners with Midlands universities to become Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-policing-academic-centre-excellence

  A consortium from the University of Leicester, University of Birmingham and Aston University has been selected as one of nine new Policing Academic Centres of Excellence.

• Student play to be performed at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/the-state-of-concrete-to-be-performed-at-edinburgh-festival-fringe

  A performance by Leicester students illustrating the untold lives of people living on a council estate will be finding its way to the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe between 17 and 22 August.

• New genetic test for deadly disease to be explored in University research programme

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/abdominal-aortic-aneurysms-genetic-test

  A new genetic test developed by experts from the University of Leicester could be introduced into NHS screening pathways to target those most at risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).

• Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-this-week

  Despite promises of ‘ultrafast’ broadband services in the latest Budget announcement, Dr Bianca Reisdorf from the Department of Media and Communications and Anne-Marie Oostveen from the University of Oxford reflect on how we have yet to see the results of previous promises of...