To do this, students from the university would travel to Ahmedebad, Gujarat, to work with the community in the city’s largest slum, home to 160,000 people.

Whilst they were there, the students focussed on improving the infrastructure of the slum sustainably, by introducing the use of solar power and intelligent electricity systems to ensure energy would be used efficiently.

As a result of the university’s commitment to social good, its efforts were recognised by Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson in a visit to the campus later that year.

Hosted by Lord Waheed Alli, De Montfort University put on a fashion show for the Queen.

This included a 'Holding out for a Hero' flash mob which took place on 7 November 2012, raising £5,000 for a local hospice and prostate cancer charity.

[17] The new campus included the new Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre, a new complex for the Faculty of Art and Design, the Vijay Patel Building, a conference centre, a new sportsground and a new ‘green lung’, a large series of landscaped open spaces at the heart of the university.

[18] In January 2019, Shellard came under public scrutiny regarding a 22.3 per cent increase in his remuneration over that of the previous year, following the award to DMU of TEF Gold status for the university.

[20] In 2018 it emerged that Shellard had business links with the Chair of The Remuneration Committee of the Board of Governors who had awarded him a £64,000 pay rise.

[23][24][25][26][27] The Office for Students launched a formal investigation of De Montfort University following the resignation; the report concluded that there had been serious failings in governance, including oversight of The Vice-Chancellor.