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• Statement from Professor Nishan Canagarajah, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/vc-statement

  r41k2zYAhvQ|“During the last week, I have been reflecting on the killing of George Floyd, an African-American, by a white police officer, and on the resulting, understandable anger and frustration this has caused around the world.

• University Provost reflects on changing attitudes to sexuality on campus over thirty years

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-provost-reflects-on-changing-attitudes-to-sexuality-on-campus-over-thirty-years

  As LGBT+ history month draws to a close, University Provost Professor Mark Peel has spoken about his personal experience of the changing attitudes towards sexuality on university campuses in a piece for the Times Higher Education, which is reposted on the University...

• Graduates Going Places

  https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/undergraduate/careers/graduates-going-places

  Our geography graduates are going places with their degrees.

• Owen Woodley

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/owen-woodley

  Owen Woodley joined the Council in March 2026. Owen became a professional artist in 2024 after having spent nearly four decades in the finance and retail sectors. He started work at Barclays where he spent 20 years, both in the UK and also extensively across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Attenborough Arts Centre shortlisted for Learning Programme of the Year

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/attenborough-arts-centre-heritage-museum-shortlist

  Attenborough Arts Centre’s SENsory Atelier programme has been nominated for bringing arts and culture to the classrooms of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

• Leicester technician wins prestigious Papin Prize

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-lory-francescut-papin-prize-hets

  A technician from the University of Leicester has won a prestigious Papin Prize at the Higher Education Technicians Summit (HETS) conference in Birmingham today.

• Business leader honoured by University of Leicester for nation-building legacy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/business-leader-honoured-alumni-university-leicester-nation-building-legacy

  A lifelong career dedicated to excellence in business, transforming education and creating opportunity in Nigeria has been celebrated by the University of Leicester.

• Local students begin to take their LEAP into University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/local-students-begin-to-take-their-leap-into-university

  On Wednesday 21 January, the University welcomed 40 local school and college students onto campus to begin to take their LEAP into University at the launch of our new Leicester Enhanced Access Programme (LEAP).

• Research shows professionals moving from private sector into teaching experience significant levels of frustration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-professionals-moving-from-private-sector-into-teaching-experience-2018significant-levels-of-frustration2019

  Professionals moving from the private sector into teaching experience ‘significant levels of frustration’ with a perceived lack of acknowledgement from colleagues about the ‘added value’ they bring to the role, according to research led by Dr Chris Wilkins (pictured) in...

• Henrietta O’Connor appointed Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/henrietta

  Professor Henrietta O’Connor has been appointed Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for the University of Leicester.