Skip to main content
Newsletter Sign up newsletter signup

Author: Alex Wheldon

Space City Leicester Schools Competition

On the 14th March 2022, British astronaut Tim Peake will open Space Park Leicester, our city’s new hub for space teaching, research and enterprise. We challenge you to get creative and make a piece of art to show what Space City Leicester might look like.

Person on the SPRINT programme

Accessing Leicester’s space talent

Space Park Leicester is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Richard Ambrosi as its new Executive Director. Professor Ambrosi is an expert in space instrumentation and space nuclear power systems and will lead the development of the innovative research, enterprise and education cluster.

Science Minister George Freeman praises Space Park Leicester in Parliament

Space Park Leicester value highlighted in Parliament

The ‘integral’ value of the University of Leicester and its flagship Space Park Leicester development to the UK’s space sector has been highlighted in Parliament. Liz Kendall, MP for Leicester West, spoke at a Westminster Hall debate of the significant contribution which the University and its projects continue