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• Ground-breaking research celebrates 10 years

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/exceed-celebration

  Some of the 11,000 people who’ve taken part in the ground-breaking Leicester research study, EXCEED, gathered at the University of Leicester’s Sir Bob Burgess building last week to celebrate 10 years of the study

• National Civil War Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/national-civil-war-centre

  The Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester and the National Civil War Centre (NCWC) have been working together to transform the public history of the British and Irish Civil Wars since 2012, when Newark Museum began its transformation, with the help...

• Antarctica’s irregular heartbeat shows signs of rapid melting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/ice-sheets

  Geoscientists led by Universities of Leicester and Southampton create new climate record for early Antarctic ice ages and reveal that the early Antarctic ice sheet melted more rapidly than previously thought

• University of Leicester researcher joins global push to prevent type 1 diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/diabetes-funding

  Professor Claire Meek at the University of Leicester is leading a project that's receiving part of £1.5 million to help prevent type 1 diabetes.

• Stem cells collected in late pregnancy herald advances in prenatal medicine

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/stem-cells

  Pioneering approach, developed by researchers with key input from the University of Leicester, means human development can be observed in late pregnancy for the first time

• Global Excellence Scholarship

  https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts/global-excellence-scholarship

  To honour the founding spirit of our university, we are awarding 100 Centenary Scholarships of £1,000 to undergraduate students beginning their studies in September 2018.

• A Catalyst for Change: Transforming Responses to Harassment in Higher Education

  https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/research/a-catalyst-of-change

  A major new nationwide study, led by the Centre for Hate Studies at the University of Leicester, will examine the complex landscape of harassment within higher education institutions.

• Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts ‘long-lost’ Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/rutland-mosaic-long-lost-troy-story

  Ancient Historian at University of Leicester reveals that the Rutland mosaic depicts an alternative telling of the Trojan War to Homer’s Iliad, suggesting that Roman Britain was not as isolated from the classical world as assumed

• Attenborough Arts Centre announces a year of upcoming exhibitions

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/aac

  Attenborough Arts Centre announces its new exhibitions for 2024/25

• Better peatland management could cut half a billion tonnes of carbon

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/peatland-emissions-nature

  However, because large populations rely on these peatlands for their livelihoods, it may not be realistic to expect all agricultural peatlands to be fully returned to their natural condition in the near future.