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• Switching to renewable energy could save thousands of lives in Africa

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/21-africa-solar

  With renewable energy cheaper and more efficient than ever, countries in Africa have the unique opportunity to harness abundant renewable sources like wind, solar and geothermal.

• Charity shop find is former student’s long-lost compass from University of Leicester days

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/charity-shop-find-alumnus-long-lost-compass

  Staff at University of Leicester help to reunite an alumnus with a lost treasure after volunteers at Martock Charity Shop in Somerset discovered a compass with a 60-year old note

• Christian makes University of Leicester history after graduating from flagship minority ethnic PhD scholarship scheme

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/christian-graduating-flagship-minority-ethnic-phd-scholarship

  Christian Davis has made history after becoming the first to graduate from the University of Leicester’s pioneering minority ethnic PhD scholarship scheme.

• College of Life Sciences (CLS)

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/people/college-of-life-sciences

  LeMID (Leicester Microbial Sciences and Infectious Disease) Academic staff from the College of Life Science (CLS)

• Leicester wins Duolingo’s University Challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-wins-duolingo-university-challenge

  Dr Fiona Ashmore from the University of Leicester has been crowned the first winner of the Duolingo English Test University Challenge.

• Pterosaurs undergo dental examination to reveal clues about diets and lifestyles

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/pterosaur-ecology

  Microscopic analysis of the teeth of pterosaurs has revealed new insights into the diets and behaviours of Earth’s earliest flying reptiles.

• Leicester link to Nobel Prize winners

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-link-to-nobel-prize-winners

  In the latest announcement from the Nobel Prize committee, US academics Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash at Brandeis University, Boston and Mike Young at Rockefeller University, New York, have received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of...

• I feel that the world is my oyster and I cannot wait to pursue my career as a solicitor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/201ci-feel-that-the-world-is-my-oyster-and-i-cannot-wait-to-pursue-my-career-as-a-solicitor201d

  Finding time to build up your CV whilst at University can be a difficult task, but graduating student Chloe Birkett has gone above and beyond throughout the four years of her degree to immerse herself in the world of work, and develop her professional skills.

• Leading light in auroras to give prestigious astronomy lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/provan-aurora-lecture

  Dr Gabrielle Provan from the University of Leicester is to give the Royal Astronomical Society’s James Dungey Lecture, focusing on the auroral light displays on Earth and beyond

• Methods in Applied Health Research CPD

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/cpd-quantitative-and-qualitative-research-methods/2026

  This is for you if... you want to increase your understanding of how research contributes to health care and the range of methods used.