Happy 98th Birthday to University of Leicester and TV legend, Sir David Attenborough 🎂

Many happy returns to one of the nation's most beloved Attenboroughs - our original #CitizensOfChange .

#HappyBirthdayDavidAttenborough | #DavidAttenborough

We were thrilled to receive a NASA #astrophysics update from Dr. Mark Clampin today, in our latest #SpaceParkConversations .

The Astrophysics Division Director led us on a journey through NASA's missions & collaborative opportunities.

Thank you for visiting Space Park Leicester!

Tune in to BBC East Midlands at 6.30pm to find out about the pioneering #LongCovid research being carried out here in #Leicester

#CitizensOfChange I #PHOSPCOVID

In this blog post for Wonkhe, our President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah shares how we are helping unlock and nurture diverse local talent and provide opportunities that speak to our founding mission and motto, ‘ut vitam habeant’ – 'so that they may have life'.

News | New multi-million pound research centre will help thousands living with rare kidney disease have access to improved diagnostics, treatments and potentially cures.

👉 le.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

#CitizensOfChange | @LifeArc1 Kidney Research UK

News | Bake Off star rustles up a recipe for chemistry success with new campus science kitchen

➡️ le.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

#CitizensOfChange | #GBBO | Dr Josh Smalley Leicester Chemistry British Bake Off

Apittame Arts: Creative Writing Group

📆 25 May
⏰ 2pm

Come & spend an evening writing & exploring your imagination. All you need is a pen, some paper to create a world outside of the woes of everyday life.

Join the session:
🔗 buff.ly/3Ju4zPh

Listen to BBC Radio Leicester's Ben Jackson chat to our #GBBO star Dr Josh Smalley and Vice-Chancellor Nishan Canagarajah about the University's Science Kitchen.

Clips at 38min and 47min: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

#CitizensOfChange I Leicester Chemistry

It was an honour to officially open University of Leicester Science Kitchen with our #BakeOff star Dr Josh Smalley this morning. The kitchen will be used by Josh for food-related scientific demonstrations, talks, research and events – delicious!

Discover your new home from home. Maybe it's in The Village, a collection of distinctive halls and houses surrounded by gardens. Or in The City, purpose-built accommodation by campus. We've a wide range of rooms and flats to suit every need and pocket.

➡️ le.ac.uk/study/accommod…

News | New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite’s journey through space before landing in an English sheep field in 2021

🌠 le.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

#CitizensOfChange | Meteoritics & Planetary Science NHM Meteorites Leicester Geography Geology at Leicester UK Fireball Alliance

The holy month of Ramadan has ended and Muslims worldwide are celebrating Eid al-Fitr. 🌙☪️🌄

We wish all who are celebrating #Eid Mubarak a happy Eid al-fitr! 🍬

#Eid | #Eid AlFitr | #Eid 2024 | #Ramadan2024

#PintOfScience is brewing and returns 13-15 May 🤓‍

Professors and researchers will be in pubs and cafes to blow your mind - from how our brain can 'tell the time' without clocks, how we combat space sickness, and how AI robots will impact us.

👉pintofscience.co.uk/events/leicest…

#Pint24

#FestivalOfChange kicks off today!

Dr Dr Josh Smalley (@BritishBakeOff finalist and postdoc researcher at Leicester Chemistry) will share his chemist journey and explains combining a research career with a passion for food. Josh will also talk about the GBBO!

➡️alumni-events.le.ac.uk/event18.html

💡 The brightest minds working in the UK’s space industry are set to descend on Space Park Leicester for the four-day British Planetary Science Conference 2024 in June.

💬 Abstracts are currently welcomed with a closing date of 3 May.

Find out more: space-park.co.uk/2024/04/nation…

Happy Holi to all who are celebrating today! 💛💚💙💜 May the vibrant colours of Holi bring joy, happiness, and prosperity.

#Holi2024

Free and all welcome: Creative Writing Student Showcase Literary Leicester 2024 Wed 20 March 5pm. Book free tickets here: tickettailor.com/events/literar… Creative Writing at Leicester Everybody'sReviewing College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Library & Learning Services UoL Press Office Leicester Writes Writing East Midlands NAWE University of Leicester Leicester Writers' Club

Thank you to all those who joined us for our first #CosmicCoffee at School of Business.

Our fantastic guest speakers came from both industry and academia, local, national and international.

Our next event will be in May back at Space Park Leicester.

Great Midlands Racial Equality in Medicine Network conference today at Keele. Great to see so many Leicester Medical School students. The posters were brilliant

Two MedRACE posters, looking amazing!