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• PHOTO GALLERY University receives biggest ever gift from an individual 27 million

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-receives-biggest-ever-gift-from-an-individual-ps2-7-million

  Our University has received its biggest ever single gift from a private individual - £2.7 million- which will be used to fund life-saving kidney research of global significance in our College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology.

• Facilities

  https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/facilities

  The Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester occupies a recently-refurbished, modern, purpose-built laboratory space, furnished with up-to-date equipment for the latest molecular genetic methods.

• £5.5 million research unit to investigate chemical health impacts in everyday life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/hpru

  New funding from National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to establish Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical Threats and Hazards at University of Leicester

• Childhood photographs of Lord Attenborough released to mark anniversary of his death

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/remembering-lord-attenborough-on-first-anniversary-of-his-death

  This week marks the one year anniversary of the death of Richard Attenborough, who passed away on 24 August 2014.

• New Masters course outfits technical experts with leadership skills

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-master2019s-course-outfits-technical-experts-with-leadership-skills

  Leicester engineers are driving skills development in industry with a new degree that equips aspiring leaders with the tools for effective management.

• From Peking to Paris for SCAD research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/from-pekin-to-paris-for-scad-research

  Paul Rivlin, a supporter of our University, is embarking on the five week Endurance Rally Association Challenge, driving a 1935 Alvis Silver Eagle from Peking to Paris to raise money towards Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) research at the University.

• Sami Zubaida

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida

  We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.

• Expert opinions cover slum tourism the BBC and Brexit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/expert-opinions-cover-slum-tourism-the-bbc-and-brexit

  Professor Peter Lunt has written an article discussing how Ofcom may soon regulate the BBC - yet we know it already struggles to treat the public as citizens and not just consumers.

• Parliamentary debates cite Leicesters research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/parliamentary-debates-cite-leicesters-research

  The work of our University has been cited in two separate debates in Parliament. At Westminster debates, research in our College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology has been cited twice in the same week.

• Contact us

  https://le.ac.uk/study/accommodation/contact-us

  See how you can get in touch with the Accommodation Office at the University of Leicester.