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• Dr Sarah Gretton named as an Advance HE National Teaching Fellow 2021

  Date: 05/08/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/advancehe-teaching-fellow

  Dr Sarah Gretton, Director of the Natural Sciences programme and institutional lead for Education of Sustainable Development (ESD) at the...

• New space research to survey chimpanzee habitats

  Date: 23/04/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/jgi-laser-chimps

  New space research at the University of Leicester is set to use remote sensing techniques to survey the habitats of endangered chimpanzees in the...

• Fantastic Beasts and Where I Found Them

  Date: 15/11/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-fantastic-beasts-and-where-i-found-them

  Join us for the first in a revamped series of Professorial Inaugural Lectures as Professor Richard Thomas discusses his research into human-animal...

• Minister meets life science and space businesses

  Date: 17/10/2018 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/18-minister-visit

  Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis, was in Leicester today (Thursday 18 October) visiting the University of Leicester and the National Space Centre,...

• Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene

  Date: 04/09/2018 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/scholars-discuss-the-formalisation-and-implications-of-the-anthropocene

  The Anthropocene Working Group holds meeting at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Humans have had a large impact on Earth.

• New report shows shortage of science graduates theory does not add up

  Date: 19/08/2018 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/new-report-shows-shortage-of-science-graduates-theory-does-not-add-up

  Majority of science graduates do not work in highly skilled science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) occupations at any time in their...

• Richard III Geneticist leads DNA search to identify the man who shaped early America

  Date: 30/07/2018 09:33:06

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/richard-iii-geneticist-leads-dna-search-to-identify-the-man-who-shaped-early-america

  The University of Leicester geneticist who led the DNA identification of the ‘The King under the car park’ –Richard III – has been called upon to...

• How much comfort can you get from a chocolate bar

  Date: 28/06/2018 14:17:14

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/how-much-comfort-can-you-get-from-a-chocolate-bar

  Chocolate is often the go-to food when people are in need of a pick-me-up, providing consumers with a comforting experience that lifts the mood.

• Student calculates which colour lightsaber would be most powerful

  Date: 07/12/2017 16:32:37

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/student-calculates-which-colour-lightsaber-would-be-most-powerful

  Aspiring Jedi Knights will be happy to learn that the red lightsabers used by their enemies, the Sith, are likely the weakest type available on...

• Three awards for Leicester celebrating teaching success

  Date: 06/11/2017 14:57:41

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/three-awards-for-leicester-celebrating-teaching-success

  The University’s Natural Sciences teaching team (pictured right) has been selected among only six award winners at a national event celebrating...