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• New Saturn images show a change of seasons – and a last glimpse of its huge, warm polar vortex

  Date: 12 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/saturn-autumn-images

  New observations of Saturn by University of Leicester planetary scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the famous ringed planet

• Leicester academics receive cash boost for pioneering international space partnership

  Date: 11 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/bahrain-bilateral-fund

  The University of Leicester and Geospatial Insight will receive up to £75,000 to support work on carbon mapping sensors for monitoring greenhouse...

• Student of the Year nomination for University of Leicester engineer

  Date: 8 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/student-of-the-year-nomination

  Third-year year Engineering student at the University of Leicester Samiksha Raviraja is one of five students shortlisted.

• Ground-breaking scientific body appoints Leicester professor

  Date: 8 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/bridges-stfc-board

  Professor of Planetary Science John Bridges has been appointed to the Science Board of the Science Technology Funding Council (STFC), which...

• Breakthrough for firm working to protect satellites from ‘space bullets’

  Date: 2 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/space-bullet

  A company based at the University of Leicester working on a pioneering system to save the space industry billions every year has successfully...

• Rum rocks to play a key role in Mars space mission

  Date: 28 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/rum-rocks-mars

  Space scientist Professor John Bridges from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester have been collecting samples of rock from the...

• Degree apprenticeship for next generation of space engineers lifts off at Education Secretary visit

  Date: 14 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/space-apprenticeship-minister

  University of Leicester co-designed a first-of-a-kind degree apprenticeship to launch an exciting career in space engineering, announced during a...

• £10 billion space telescope has only just begun to reveal universe’s secrets

  Date: 14 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/jwst-anniversary

  Engineers from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester, who have been part of the £10 billion James Webb Space Telescope mission for...

• University of Leicester convenes scientists to preserve Ukraine research during crisis

  Date: 10 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/ukraine-summer-school

  University of Leicester hosts Summer School with Kremenchuk Mykhailo Otrohradskyi National University in Ukraine until 14 July, two-week event...

• Space Park Leicester’s transformative regional impact showcased for shadow ministers

  Date: 6 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/shadow-ministers-space-park

  University of Leicester hosts Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Right Honourable Pat McFadden MP, and Liz Kendall, MP for Leicester West...