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Alumni stars are recognised at glittering awards night in London
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/alumni-stars-awards-night-london
The University of Leicester recognised its inspiring alumni for their achievements at a special awards evening held in London.
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Space Park Leicester announces winner of Mission Patch Competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/mission-patch-winners
The competition aimed to engage the public in a creative challenge, inviting participants to design a mission patch that reflects the work and vision of Space Park Leicester
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First delivery to our University of high-tech glass plates to be used to discover the birth of new black holes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/first-delivery-to-our-university-of-high-tech-glass-plates-to-be-used-to-discover-the-birth-of-new-black-holes
Our University is providing a new type of X-ray mirror to the French space agency, CNES, for the Chinese-French satellite ‘SVOM’ which is designed to discover and study Gamma-Ray Bursts from newly formed black holes.
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Asthma pill targets airway muscles to decrease attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/13-asthma-pill
asthma pills asthmatic person holding an inhaler|Results from a phase II clinical trial, experimental work on cells and computational modelling have together shown why the first pill for asthma in 20 years can help reduce asthma attacks.
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Prisoners, Punishment and Torture
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/prisoners-punishment-and-torture
This project brought leading edge thinking in the field of interpretive design to offer visitors emotionally engaging experiences of the highest quality.
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Researchers make sand that flows uphill
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sand-microrollers
Paper published in 'Nature Communications' details how applying magnetic forces to individual 'microroller' particles spurs collective motion—with counterintuitive results
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Leicester welcomes its world-changing Future 50 researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/future-50-research-students
The next generation of world-changing researchers was given a warm welcome by the University of Leicester this week.
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Obituary
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/queen-elizabeth-ii/obituary
It is with great sadness we reflect on Her Majesty The Queen’s connection to the University
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Leicester geoscientist makes expedition to the site of Japanese earthquake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/japan
A University of Leicester geoscientist is joining the crew of a science vessel investigating the site of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan.
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Prison noise examined in new book from Leicester alumnus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/prison-study
A researcher has used her time spent behind bars while at the University of Leicester as the basis for a book on the effect of sound in prisons.