Welcome to the News Centre
Our multi-award winning News Centre provides a central source for media enquiries, both proactively by contacting journalists about our latest news and research and also reactively by providing expert commentators on a daily basis. Read about our purpose and functions
From our communications work surrounding: the discovery of Richard III, which was described by The Guardian as ‘one of the most successful UK university media operations ever’; the discovery of DNA fingerprinting recently dramatised in the ITV series Code of a Killer starring renowned actors John Simm and David Threlfall; and the development of the landing spacecraft Beagle 2 and its rediscovery on Mars in 2015, we have an international reputation for generating exciting news content which is repurposed across the University.
We are responsible for:
| • external communications | • corporate news items |
| • press releases | • news videos |
| • news podcasts | • @UoLNewsCentre Twitter account |
| • media training | • work experience |
| • partnership with The Conversation platform | • expert commentary and opinion (Think: Leicester) |
Headline News
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Space scientist makes giant leap towards becoming an astronautDr Suzie Imber crowned winner of BBC Two’s ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?’ |
News Highlights
University of Leicester remembers playwright Joe Orton |
Academic comments on cyber warfare and rising tensions between US and North Korea |
Tracking a solar eruption through the Solar System |
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Anniversary of the death of the Leicester-born literary figure is marked on 9 August |
Dr Andrew Futter featured in Wired article about escalating tensions and nuclear strategy between the two countries |
Leicester scientists involved in research with ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft |
Listen
In this interview Professors Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams from our Department of Geology outline how humans are permanently reshaping our planet by leaving behind a distinctive technological signal.
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Watch
| 'Great Cold Spot' Discovered on Jupiter |
Unique ‘exceptionally preserved’ fossil named in honour of Sir David Attenborough |
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| British artist Stewy to make iconic image to mark 50th anniversary of death of renowned playwright | A second Great Spot has been discovered on Jupiter by Leicester astronomers | Watch Sir David's response to having the 430 million-year-old fossil named in his honour |
Leicester in Focus
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