@uniofleicester.bsky.socialBlog | Levelling up in the age of AI
Access to AI isn't enough. Professor Dirk Schaefer explores why everyone needs the skills to use it critically and responsibly.
https://citizen.le.ac.uk/blog/levelling-up-in-the-age-of-ai-why-access-is-no-longer-enough/
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialWhat makes Leicester a city to be proud of? ❤️
The Leicester Mercury has put together a guide to things to celebrate about our city. What would you add?
🔗 https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/big-z-guide-everything-proud-11191566
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialNews | Funding boost to tackle Salmonella in chickens with ‘bacteriophage therapy’
👉 https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/september/salmonella-bacteriophage-therapy-leicester
Researchers hope to bring a new bacteriophage product to combat Salmonella to the market
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialNews | University of Leicester and The University of Law open new routes into legal careers
👉 https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/september/university-of-law-partnership-leicester
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialNews | Labour Party Conference event puts hate in football under the spotlight
👉 https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/september/labour-party-conference-event-hate-football-spotlight
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialNews | University of Leicester and UCL host Labour Party Conference discussion on future NHS workforce
👉 https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/september/university-leicester-labour-party-conference-nhs-workforce
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialThinking about Leicester? Come and see it for yourself. 🎓
Our October Open Day is Saturday 3 October, 9.30am–4.30pm.
Explore campus, meet students and academics, see accommodation and get a proper feel for life here.
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialWishing a meaningful Yom Kippur to everyone in our Jewish community who is observing.
A day for reflection, forgiveness and renewal.
G’mar chatimah tovah.
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialNew to Leicester? 📱 Get your University apps sorted before your first week.
📍 UoL Citizen: timetable, events, support + Welcome updates
🆘 SafeZone: urgent help
🧠 MyWellbeing: wellbeing
🍔 UPAY: campus payments
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialYou’re here. Now what? 👀
🎓 Finish your registration
🆔 Complete your identity/visa check
🗺️ Explore campus or Leicester
📅 Get ready for The Great Big Welcome from Monday
Registration is open this weekend too.
@uniofleicester.bsky.social🚀 We’ve been exploring space for more than 60 years. Now we’re asking what happens when humanity gets there.
Professor Andrew Futter explains the vision behind our Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space in one minute. https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/humanity-space
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialNew to Leicester? There’s more to the Great Big Welcome than finding your lecture room.
🎈 Inflatables
🍜 Food Fest
⛳ Crazy golf
🎬 Outdoor cinema
🏙️ City tours
🌍 Global events
💡 Practical uni sessions
Pick your next move → le.ac.uk/study/welcome/events
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialIt’s open! 🛒
Our first on-campus supermarket, the Co-op at Freemen’s Common, opened this morning.
Groceries, fresh food, essentials and grab-and-go, right on campus.
Read the story 👇
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/september/university-of-leicester-co-op
@uniofleicester.bsky.social🍎🍯 Shana Tova!
Wishing our Jewish students, staff, alumni and friends a happy, peaceful and sweet New Year.
Shana Tova U’Metukah 🤍
@uniofleicester.bsky.social42 years ago today, DNA fingerprinting was discovered at Leicester. 🧬
Prof Sir Alec Jeffreys’ discovery went on to transform forensic science and change lives around the world.
Not bad for a morning in the lab.
@uniofleicester.bsky.social🌿 It’s Community Festival day!
Join us at the Botanic Garden from 11am for music, food, crafts, family activities, garden wandering and more.
🎟️ Tickets must be booked online before you arrive. There are no tickets on the gate.
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialNews | University of Leicester observations help reveal mysterious shape in Saturn’s clouds
👉 https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/august/observations-mysterious-shape-saturn-clouds
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialTwo years of the Jo Williams Clinic 🎈
Since opening, the clinic has welcomed 1,464 clients across 4,860 appointments and classes.
From 1:1 physio and sports massage to paediatric clinics, Pilates and mobility classes, the clinic continues to grow.