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• Explore the silent night this festive season: space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock to give Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures on the BBC

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/space-scientist-maggie-aderin-pocock-royal-institution-christmas-lectures

  University of Leicester’s Chancellor hosts the 2025 Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution, broadcast on BBC Four and iPlayer on 28th, 29th and 30th December at 7pm

• First UV/X-ray study of star PDS 70 offers insight into planetary formation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/06-planetary-formation

  star formation star formation from nasa and space telescope science institute ©NASA and Space Telescope Science Institute|A Leicester-led team of astronomers, working as part of an international consortium, have made a breakthrough discovery which changes our...

• Unsung Leicester craft visionary's legacy showcased by student exhibition 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/harry-peach-museum-studies-exhibition

  The family of Leicester craft and furniture pioneer, Harry Hardy Peach (1874-1936), attended an exhibition curated by University of Leicester students showcasing his vast collection of craft objects. Harry Hardy Peach founded Dryad Handicrafts in 1907.

• Archaeological excavations at Bradgate Park uncover the home of Lady Jane Grey

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/25-archaeological-excavations-bradgate-park-fieldschool-lady-jane-grey

  Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have returned to Bradgate Park for their fifth season of excavations. Aiming to uncover the hidden history of this popular attraction, the Bradgate Park Fieldschool is a five-year programme of research (2015-2019).

• University of Leicester hosts landmark conference on ECHR amid calls for reform

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/echr-reform-leicester-conference

  The University of Leicester will cohost a high-level conference marking the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights.

• National Centre for Earth Observation awarded renewed investment in national research capabilities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/nceo-ukri

  £8.6 million has been awarded to the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), hosted by the University of Leicester

• Study finds ethnicity, mental health and age predict NHS workers’ plans to quit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/manish-pareek

  Around 43 per cent of NHS workers who took part in a recent study have considered leaving their role or taking early retirement.

• University of Leicester granted Freedom of the Borough by Oadby & Wigston Borough Council

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/freedom-of-borough

  At an extraordinary meeting of full council on Tuesday 30 March, Oadby & Wigston Borough Council granted the University of Leicester Honorary Freedom of the Borough and bestowed the title of Honorary Freeman upon the University - the highest honour the Borough can bestow.

• Cycling study transforms heart health of dialysis patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/cycle-hd

  Cycling at moderate intensity during dialysis could drastically improve the heart health of patients with kidney failure and result in significant savings for the NHS, according to new research by the University of Leicester supported by the charity Kidney Research UK and...

• Leicester alumni boost research into student vaccine uptake

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/alumni-covid-funding

  Research focused on improving vaccine uptake in university students has been given a boost this week after the University of Leicester’s Alumni Association Committee made a generous donation of £5,000 to the University’s Vice-Chancellor Nishan Canagarajah on Monday 21st...