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• University of Leicester commissioned to undertake pioneering research into rural racism by Leverhulme Trust

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/rural-racism

  University of Leicester experts have been commissioned by The Leverhulme Trust to develop a ground-breaking study on racism in rural England.

• Expedition 357: Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life

  https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2014-15/atlantis

  October 2015 – December 2015 IODP Expedition 357: Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life aims to improve our understanding of seafloor serpentinization and its role in driving hydrothermal systems; sustaining microbiological communities; and the sequestration of carbon in...

• A study by a Leicester scientist has answered the 100-year-old question about how chromosomes get their iconic X-shape

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/chromosome-x-shape

  A team of researchers led by Professor Daniel Panne at the University of Leicester and Dr Benjamin Rowland at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have determined at a molecular level how the iconic X-shape of chromosomes is generated during cell division.

• Whistleblowing and why it matters

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/copy_of_whistleblowing-2013-and-why-it-matters

  Update: a recording of the lecture by Professor Mark Stein is available here. Update: a webinar on whistleblowing with Dame Ruth Silver and Professor Mark Stein is now available.

• Leicester researchers partner with Youth Sport Trust to get Girls Active

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-researchers-partner-with-youth-sport-trust-to-get-girls-active

  Leicester researchers are working with the Youth Sport Trust to determine whether a school-based physical activity programme could help provide the key to encouraging adolescent girls to be and stay active.

• Biggest ever Festival of Careers underway

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/biggest-ever2019-festival-of-careers-underway

  The fifth annual Festival of Careers kicked off at our University this week, with hundreds of graduate employers due to visit the campus from 3 - 7 October 2016, including Airbus, Nationwide, Jaguar Land Rover, Sky and IBM.

• Pivoting on Price Workshop

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/01-pivoting-price-finance-workshop

  The University of Leicester is holding an evening workshop for finance managers on the skills to innovate business models using ‘design thinking’ and ‘pivoting’. It will be a fast-paced, hands-on session where attendees will learn by doing.

• Leicester-led study to explore mental health and drug use in colonial and post-colonial prisons

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-study-mental-health-drug-prisons

  The University of Leicester has been awarded £3.3m to research drugs and mental health in prison settings globally.

• Bake Off and Gardeners’ World stars top the bill at Leicester festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/bake-off-gardeners-world-stars-leicester-festival

  Stars from Gardeners’ World and The Great British Bake Off top the bill of a family friendly festival taking place in Leicester.

• Leicester experts to deliver ground-breaking space mission experience

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/ground-breaking-space-mission-experience

  Members of the SMILE team at Space Park Leicester will be showcasing their work at the Royal Society on 7 October