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• Surviving results day: Clearing, confidence, and finding the right fit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/surviving-results-day-clearing-confidence-finding-right-fit

  As thousands of people around the country await their A-level grades, the University of Leicester’s Head of UK Student Recruitment, Dan Flatt, explains the ins and outs of surviving results day.

• Wildfires across the Americas have been supercharged by climate change

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/wildfires-americas-supercharged-climate-change

  Study: Warming increased burning in Pantanal, Chiquitano and Amazon, releasing billions of tonnes of CO2, while climate change increased likelihood of Southern California’s deadly fires by at least 2-3 times

• Early-risers may catch “Father Christmas” on his way back to the North Pole via the skies above the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/father-christmas-skies-space-park-leicester

  The International Space Station is due to make a 'high pass' at 06:18 local time and, weather permitting, visible until around 06:23

• Industrial action formal complaints

  https://le.ac.uk/about/info/contact/student-complaints/industrial-action-formal-complaints

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• University of Leicester granted Freedom of the Borough by Oadby & Wigston Borough Council

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/freedom-of-borough

  At an extraordinary meeting of full council on Tuesday 30 March, Oadby & Wigston Borough Council granted the University of Leicester Honorary Freedom of the Borough and bestowed the title of Honorary Freeman upon the University - the highest honour the Borough can bestow.

• Santa’s sleigh flies with the power of the Apollo mission rocket

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/santa-sleigh-engine

  Santa’s sleigh would require equivalent thrust to that produced by the Saturn V rocket or 150 Boeing 747-400 engines, University of Leicester students have found.

• Study finds ethnicity, mental health and age predict NHS workers’ plans to quit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/manish-pareek

  Around 43 per cent of NHS workers who took part in a recent study have considered leaving their role or taking early retirement.

• German Intermediate (Level 3)

  https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/german/level-3

  Intermediate German Course at Leicester University

• Driving force for equality who has empowered thousands of women is recognised by the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/equality-empowered-women-recognised-university-leicester

  A charity leader described as the ‘voice for the voiceless’ has been honoured by the University of Leicester for empowering thousands of women in the city.

• Spin-outs

  https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/expertise/spin-outs

  We have a number of spin-out companies based on commercialising research from the University of Leicester in areas such as medical technology, materials technology and more.