
Nishan Canagarajah
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President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester. Proud to be a Citizen of Change. Engineer, husband and father of three.
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10-10-2019 11:43:03
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We had great fun taking The Rest Is History to Leicester last night in a free event for our listeners in the Midlands. Lovely to meet so many fans of the show, and thanks to the team (pictured) at University of Leicester's brilliant Literary Leicester for organising!


Thank you for supporting Literary Leicester. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Thanks to Dr Josh Smalley from University of Leicester for helping us to launch our seed library. Josh was on the Great British Bake Off - and he'll be posting online recipes for us! Want to get growing? Pick up free seeds from the university or any city library: news.leicester.gov.uk/news-articles/…


News | Leicester researcher scoops prestigious award for her work on asthma 👉 le.ac.uk/news/2025/marc… Leicester's Sarah Diver has scooped a prestigious award for her work on testing the benefits of a new treatment for asthma. #CitizensOfChange | National Institute for Health and Care Research UoL Respiratory Sciences


The #LeicestershireInnovationFestival kicks off today🚀 To mark the occasion, William A Wells, Director of Commercialisation and Knowledge Exchange, emphasises the important role universities play in the innovation ecosystem. 🔗 innovativeleicestershire.co.uk/festival #CitizensOfChange #LIF25


Kicking off the #GHRCSymposium2025 in Leicester, UK with over 80 delegates joining us from 5 international centres for the next 3 days. We have an action-packed agenda with a focus on global health. The theme of this year's NIHR Global Health symposium is Research Capacity Strengthening


News | Archaeology students from University of Leicester to star in new Time Team episode University of Leicester Archaeological Services and School of Archaeology & Ancient History have joined forces with Time Team for a new episode dedicated to the excavation of a Roman villa. 👉 le.ac.uk/news/2025/marc… #CitizensOfChange


🚀 The £10m Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space launches at Space Park Leicester! Exploring how space reshapes life on #Earth - and beyond. Arts, humanities & social sciences at the heart of the final frontier🌍🌌 #HumanityAndSpace #SpaceParkLeicester


The Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space University of Leicester will explore how we understand, engage with and experience space, directed by Andrew Futter, HyPIR at Leicester


We have secured £10M for the Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space, led by Professor Andrew Futter. We’ll explore governance, sustainability, and what it means to be human. 🌌le.ac.uk/research/space…… The Leverhulme Trust @rossanadeplano1 @suzieimberspace Ross Parry


🚀 Space isn’t just for scientists... At the Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space, we’re exploring what space means for us all through Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. 👉le.ac.uk/news/2025/apri… #CitizensOfChange Andrew Futter @rossanadeplano1 @suzieimberspace Ross Parry


News | A consortium from University of Leicester, Uni of Birmingham and Aston University has been selected as one of nine new Policing Academic Centres of Excellence. 👉 le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/… #CitizensOfChange | Criminology at UoL | Economic and Social Research Council



Cosmic explosion expert Professor Nial Tanvir has been elected to the The Royal Society 🎉 From gamma-ray bursts to kilonovae, his work is expanding our understanding of the universe’s most powerful phenomena. 🌌 space-park.co.uk/2025/05/leices… #FRS #GammaRayBursts #Astrophysics


News | Leicester cosmic explosion expert among exceptional scientists elected as Royal Society Fellows Professor Nial Tanvir Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester receives one of science’s highest honours. 👉 le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/… #CitizensOfChange | The Royal Society



The inaugural Student Rep of the Year Award goes to Sophie Elsoeidi from University of Leicester. Sophie has organised peer support initiatives to foster a sense of community among students. She has also promoted internship opportunities, research placements and further study career


