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• Richard IIIs story to be told to Leicesters schoolchildren

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/richard-iii2019s-story-to-be-told-to-leicester2019s-schoolchildren

  Thousands of schoolchildren all over the city of Leicester will be learning about the story of Richard III as part of the University’s mission to bring the king to the classroom.

• March 20th 2013 Sol 221

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/20/march-20th-2013-sol-221/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 20, 2013 On April 18 th there will be a Mars solar conjunction, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun.  This occurs every 26 months ie the length of the Mars year.

• New research shows most women unlikely to benefit from national AAA screening

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/new-research-shows-most-women-unlikely-to-benefit-from-national-aaa-screening

  New research involving our researchers published in The Lancet, which was funded and supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), has come to important conclusions about screening women for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).

• Participatory, collaborative and co-creative practices at the Science Museum

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/participatory-practices-at-the-science-museum

  This research project was commissioned by the Museum to recognise the significance of the development of the new gallery that sought to be participatory.

• Leicester Professor becomes British Cardiovascular Society President

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/british-cardiovascular-society

  Professor Andre Ng from the University of Leicester has officially taken over as President of the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) at its 2024 AGM in Manchester

• Funding opportunities

  https://le.ac.uk/bhf-accelerator/funding-opportunities

  The British Heart Foundation Accelerator Award will fund several new posts for high calibre researchers early in their careers and provide them with the training, mentoring and support to enable them to become the research leaders of the future.

• Rachel Abounouar

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/rachel-abounouar

  Rachel Abounouar passed away on the morning of 12 December 2019 after a five-year battle against cancer in which she redefined the meaning of strength, bravery and determination.  Rachel joined the University in 2009 as a tutor in the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU).

• Ancient skeleton provides the earliest evidence of a pet cat in Kazakhstan

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/cat-skull

  Uncovered in an urban settlement in Dzhankent, Kazakhstan, the analysis of the ancient animal skeleton shows this to be the first domesticated cat (Felis catus) found in the region.

• Preventative meningitis vaccination programme run on campus for first time

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/preventative-meningitis-vaccination-programme-run-on-campus-for-first-time

  A preventative meningitis vaccine programme for new students is being offered at our University for the first time.

• Adrian building

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/adrian-building

  Formally opened in 1968, the Adrian Building was the home of Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys’ historic discovery of genetic fingerprinting in September 1984.