University of Leicester
contributes
£600 million
to the UK economy.
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Contributes
£308 million
to the local economy.
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This is part of the estimated
£560 million
contributed by higher education to the city of Leicester.
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It directly employs 3,460 people.
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But it actually creates 5,190 local jobs.
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And in total it generates 10,000 UK jobs.
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There are 16,855 students.
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It's behind 13 graduate start-up businesses.
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It also supports 865 other organisations through knowledge exchange.
£560 million
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UK parliamentary constituency for University of Leicester:
Leicester South
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Note: all employment figures presented are Full-Time Equivalents. This means that part-time workers are counted pro-rata based on the proportion of full-time hours that they work. This enables a common currency to be established, which adjusts for working hours of staff across universities as well as of other workers.