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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.

• New NIHR Fellows to join leading research groups

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/nihr

  Two internationally-renowned research groups at the University of Leicester are to be bolstered with a group of new researchers following Fellowship Awards of more than £2 million from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).

• 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.

• New Medical Schools Council report highlights Leicester’s COVID-19 research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/msc-covid-19

  The real-world impact of Leicester research into COVID-19 and its effects has been commended by the Medical Schools Council.

• 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.

• 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

• Space Park Leicester expands its service offering to space pioneers and community groups

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/space-park-services-community-groups

  New Services offering will give more organisations the chance to benefit from its state-of-the-art resources and connect with leading engineers and academics

• Open letter to parents and carers from our President and Vice-Chancellor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/open-letter-parents-from-vice-chancellor

  Dear parents and carers  With the latest national lockdown impacting everyone UK, I am writing to update you on the steps we are taking to ensure that no student is disadvantaged because of this pandemic.

• Behavioural Ecology

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs2068

  Module code: BS2068 Animal behaviour is a fascinating topic that has gone well beyond the descriptive phase. This module emphasises the effects of behaviour on fitness (ie. survival and reproduction).

• University mathematicians calculate how Foxes won the English Premier League

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-mathematicians-calculate-how-foxes-won-the-english-premier-league

  Mathematicians at the University have generated the perfect formula to describe the historic achievement of Leicester City Football Club who won the English Premier League with 5000-1 odds at the start of the season.