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• Leicester scientists set to visit schools as part of a mobile science lab designed to spark students’ interest in STEM subjects

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/curiosity-cube

  A traveling mobile science lab developed and created by science and technology company Merck, is set to spark the interest of Leicestershire’s young people when it comes to visit

• Praise for University’s COVID-19 response

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/hebcon-contribution-award

  The University of Leicester has been recognised with a national award for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• The Madonna of the pinks

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/madonna-of-the-pinks

  RCMG was commissioned to carry out an evaluation of the impact of Raphael’s Madonna of the Pinks on young people unfamiliar with art galleries.

• Award-winning students demonstrate their employability to EU experts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/award-winning-students-demonstrate-their-employability-to-eu-experts

  Two University of Leicester students have won the second edition of the EU Careers Challenge. Loren Cooper and Jean-Vincent Vallée were part of the winning team that were tasked with solving Europe’s challenges around the Digital Agenda.

• Leicester PhD student one of UKs top conservationists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/leicester-phd-student-in-uks-top-50-conservationists-list

  Tim Mackrill (pictured left), a PhD student in our Department of Genetics and Senior reserve officer of the Rutland Osprey Project, has featured at number 34 in the BBC Wildlife Magazine's top 50 conservation heroes in the UK.

• Protein levels in urine are reliable measure of effectiveness in kidney disease research says study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/14-protein-urine-kidney-disease

  An international consortium of doctors and scientists, including members from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester, has found that protein levels in urine are a reliable way to measure the effectiveness of a medicine, device or treatment on the progress of...

• Medical students meet best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, Dr Benji Waterhouse

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/medical-students-benji-waterhouse-leicester

  It’s not every day you get to meet a best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, but that's what Medical with Foundation Year Students at the University of Leicester did.

• Midlands Innovation announces plans for technology transfer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/midlands-innovation-announces-plans-for-technology-transfer

  Midlands Innovation, a group of eight universities and one of the UK’s most influential academic collaborations, has launched its plan for collaboration in technology transfer. The announcement was made at an event held at The Shard, London.

• Zombie apocalypse would potentially wipe out humanity in just 100 days students calculate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/zombie-apocalypse-would-wipe-out-humanity-in-just-100-days-students-calculate

  A real-life zombie outbreak would leave the world’s population in shambles, with less than 300 survivors remaining a mere one hundred days into the apocalypse, according to students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

• Retired hospitals chief is honoured by the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/retired-hospitals-chief-honoured-university-leicester

  A former leader of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has been recognised for his services to healthcare by the University of Leicester.