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🏆 University of the Year (Daily Mail 2025, Shortlisted by THE Awards 2024 & The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025) #CitizensOfChange
@uniofleicester.bsky.social‘The AI genie is out, but who will it serve?’ Lord Simon Woolley returns to Leicester for public lecture on equality and artificial intelligence
Read more and book 👉 https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/october/simon-woolley-ai-chancellor-distinguished-lecture
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialLeicester ranks 7th nationally for external investment per established spin-out and 7th for research co-authored with non-academic partners in the latest KEF results.
@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.socialOctober is Black History Month. Our 2026 theme is Beyond Representation: Commitment to Change.
We’ll be marking the month through events, conversations, learning and celebration, alongside year-round work to support our Black students and staff.
@uniofleicester.bsky.social10th in the UK for research quality. 🔬
Leicester has also been ranked =42nd in the world for research quality in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialWhat happens beyond the classroom? 💼
At Leicester, eligible undergrads get 100 hours of work-related learning, plus access to Microsoft 365 Copilot to explore AI and new ways of working.
Find out more at our Open Day, 3 Oct: le.ac.uk/open-days
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialNews | The University of Leicester unveiled its ambitious plan to help drive economic growth in the East Midlands, today at the Labour Party Conference
👉 https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/september/growth-hub-university-leicester-labour-party-conference
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialWhat can football’s rising levels of hate and discrimination tell us about wider divisions in society? Leicester and Kick It Out explored the issue at Labour Party Conference, following 1,744 discrimination reports in the 2025/26 season, up 25% on the previous year.
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialHow can the NHS build and retain a workforce fit for the future? At Labour Party Conference, the University of Leicester’s Institute for Policy and UCL brought together healthcare leaders, researchers and policymakers to explore the evidence behind effective workforce policy.
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialThe findings of a major new report into the barriers facing university graduates were discussed at a special event held at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, today.
@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.socialA Leics Journalism grad is one of just 6 people in the UK to receive the Scott Trust Bursary.
Shakeer wants to use journalism to champion underrepresented communities and report on how political decisions affect them. https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/september/guardian-scott-trust-bursary-shakeer-sayani
@uniofleicester.bsky.socialProfessor Sir Nishan Canagarajah has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the highest distinction an engineer can achieve in the UK.
@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
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@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
