Today we were very lucky to have a visit from their Royal Highnesses Will and Kate.
They came along to listen to some of the projects we've been involved in in the city,
in particular things we're doing in partnership with the Football Club.
Heartwize is a project which is introducing CPR training,
not just to adults but to children across the whole of Leicester and Leicestershire.
The Duke of Cambridge was very interested in the program and very encouraging about it.
He as an air ambulance pilot is trained in CPR on how to use the defibrillator himself
and by coincidence had actually had his refresher training yesterday.
We introduced them to our new Professor of Child Health,
the club has very generously supported us with a gift of a million pounds
to establish this professorship, the first time any football club has done this in the UK.
The Duchess was very interested to hear about the relationship between
the Football Club and the University and the Trust and the partnership that we're going to work with.
She was clearly very mindful of the importance of all aspects of Child Health
and it's clearly a great interest to her.
And we also introduced them to some of the work we've been doing around introducing children to science
but using the Premiership football club to encourage them to get involved.
They took the opportunity not just to meet with some of our researchers
and people who are carrying out some of that great work in the city but also to speak to our students,
to find out what it's like to study here at the University of Leicester,
learn a little bit about their educational studies
but also what sort of sports they're involved in all the other activities that students engage in.
I think they really enjoyed meeting the Students.
I'm from Toronto Canada, I'm studying at the University of Leicester Law Program
and I'm excited because this is once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Royal Family, it's great.
I'm from Poland, I study international relations
and I'm here because I actually met the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last year
and I was lucky enough to share that brief conversation with the Duchess
and I told her how much I appreciate her work at Heads Together campaign
and I also added that I wanted to study in the UK and I'm going do my best to achieve this
and she wished me luck and I'm here today to show her that I'm here I did it.
Our story is a very special one, this University is unique,
the only University set up as a living memorial to those who were lost in World War I,
it seemed particularly pertinent actually that William and Kate could share and listen to some of that story.
