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Cat-ching criminals with DNA from pet hairs

Cat hair could be the purr-fect way to catch criminals, according to researchers from the University of Leicester.

Spooky flower will bloom in time for Hallowe’en

The spookily-named Corpse Flower is about to bloom in the University’s Botanic Garden – just in time for Hallowe’en.

Leicester starts initiative with Apollo to transform global healthcare

University of Leicester signs Memorandum of Understanding with one the world’s largest integrated healthcare service providers, The Apollo...

Medical student with stammer makes national appeal to raise awareness

University of Leicester Medical student Phobe Avbulim has appeared on BBC’s Lifeline appeal programme, presented by actor Colin Firth, to talk...

Diabetes researcher listed as a top ethnic minority health leader in England

A Leicester-based professor known as ‘Mr South Asian diabetes’ has been named as one of England’s most prominent individuals from an ethnic...

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1 Ground-breaking view of the cosmos revealed at Space Park Leicester
2 Leicester research now ranked Top 30 in the UK (Times Higher Education analysis of REF 2021)
3 Seven thousand Leicester students to celebrate summer graduations
4 The Dickens Code: Enduring mystery of Dickens shorthand letter solved with crowd-sourced research

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1 Hollywood star among six more honorary graduates of Leicester
2 Space Park Leicester launched by British astronaut Tim Peake
3 Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer's field in Rutland
4 New Centenary film celebrates Leicester research heroes

Citizens of Change: The Attenboroughs

Part of our DNA

Accessible and inclusive exhibitions, classes, and performances

Discover more about the Attenborough family’s 90-year connection with our university

Browse our image gallery of the Attenboroughs at our university, along with fascinating archive

Find out more about the arboretum, opened in 1997 by Sir David Attenborough

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University of sanctuary award, welcoming asylum seekers and refugees
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