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• Leicester geologist to present rock-licking trick for Hallowe’en treat at Royal Institution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/geologist-rock-licking-halloween-royal-institution

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz joins panel at the Royal Institution on 31 October with other winners of Ig Nobel Prizes to explain their winning work for a public audience

• Out of this world art needed for iconic space hub’s new mission patch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/mission-patch

  Space Park Leicester invites inviting children, young people or adults with a love of space to help design their new mission patch.

• President and Vice-Chancellor: New Government’s stance on international students echoes the warm welcome offered at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/international-students

  President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Leicester Professor Nishan Canagarajah gives a message to international students and colleagues - be in no doubt: you are welcome at Leicester.

• Leicester diabetes expert’s research supports ‘game changing’ obesity breakthrough

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/semaglutide

  Ground breaking research in diabetes led by a team of Leicester researchers has played an integral role in laying the foundations for new research published today, which reveals that a new anti-obesity medication is almost twice as effective in helping people lose weight than...

• Psychology students complete placement in Sri Lanka

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-students-complete-mental-health-placement-in-sri-lanka

  Over the summer, two Leicester students travelled to Sri Lanka to undertake a voluntary Mental Health Placement with SLV, a graduate-led volunteering organisation, which runs psychology-focused placements in Sri Lanka and also in Bali, Indonesia.

• Research shows female fish judge males on DIY skills

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-shows-female-fish-judge-males-on-diy-skills

  Female fish judge males based on their ability to design nests best suited for the conditions of their environment, according to a new study by researchers from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour.

• Top ten position for student experience for Leicester in latest The Times and Sunday Times league table

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/times-league-table-2025

  University of Leicester placed equal 28th overall in the in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026

• Discovery of plant reproductive success provides insights into human fertility

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/plant-reproduction-fertility-chromosomes-leicester

  University of Leicester researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants.

• University joins national group dedicated to tackling world health issues

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/biofilm-research-disease-resistance

  The University of Leicester has joined a consortium of research institutes dedicated to tackling disease, climate change and food security

• Trio of honorary graduates recognised with Leicester awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/honorands1

  Journalist-turned-novelist Robert Harris, who was educated in Leicestershire as a boy, was awarded a Doctorate of Letters on Friday.