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• University of Leicester recognised in UK's Best Breakthroughs list

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-university-of-leicester-recognised-in-uks-best-breakthroughs-list

  Discovery of DNA Fingerprinting celebrated for transformational impact on everyday lives The discovery of DNA fingerprinting from the University of Leicester has today been named as one of the UK’s 100 best breakthroughs for its significant impact on people’s everyday lives.

• Retired hospitals chief is honoured by the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/retired-hospitals-chief-honoured-university-leicester

  A former leader of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has been recognised for his services to healthcare by the University of Leicester.

• Professor Sir Nilesh Samani announced as next British Heart Foundation Medical Director

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/professor-sir-nilesh-samani-announced-as-next-british-heart-foundation-medical-director

  Professor Sir Nilesh Samani (pictured) has been announced as the next Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation (BHF). He will succeed Professor Peter Weissberg who will retire in October 2016 after twelve years as Medical Director of the cardiovascular research charity.

• University of Leicester remembers playwright Joe Orton

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/university-of-leicester-remembers-playwright-joe-orton

  Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton and the occasion is being marked by a host of events remembering his work and involving our University. Joe Orton (1933-1967) was a leading postwar playwright.

• Booker Prize-winner to join Literary Leicester Festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/literary-leicester

  Booker Prize-winner Marlon James will be headlining the revival of the Literary Leicester Festival.

• Leicester rises in global sustainability world rankings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/qs-rankings

  The University of Leicester has climbed more than 25 places in a league table which ranks the sustainable credentials of universities around the globe.

• TV legend Johnny Ball gets University of Leicester staff, students and local schoolchildren thinking of numbers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/tv-legend-johnny-ball-thinking-numbers

  The science and mathematics communicator visited University of Leicester to launch the NSPCC’s Number Day 2026 and joined Dr Josh Smalley, chemist and Great British Bake Off finalist, for demonstrations with schoolchildren

• Gender equality in sport to be discussed by Paralympic archery champion

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/gender-equality-in-sport-to-be-discussed-by-paralympic-archery-champion

  Double Paralympic gold medallist and alumna Danielle Brown MBE will be returning to her alma mater to speak to staff and students about gender equality in sport to mark International Women’s Day.

• First Juno science results supported by Jupiter forecast by Leicester astronomers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/first-juno-science-results-supported-by-jupiter-2018forecast2019-by-leicester-astronomers

  New observations about the extreme conditions of Jupiter’s weather and magnetic fields by our astronomers have contributed to the revelations and insights coming from the first close passes of Jupiter by NASA’s Juno mission, announced today.

• About the Institute

  https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/digital-culture/about

  We are focused Our research sees ‘digital’ within the culture sector as: something used (digital as a technology, a tool) something managed (digital as a process, a policy) something created (digital as a piece of content, a collection) and something...