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• Leicester ranked 37th in the world in THE University Impact Rankings 2019

  Date: 2 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/03-the-university-impact-rankings-2019

  The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that we have been ranked 37th in the inaugural international Times Higher Education...

• Leicester mathematician takes his research to Parliament

  Date: 22 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/22-mathematician-research-parliament

  Nicholas Williams, a PhD student in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Leicester, attended Parliament to present his mathematics...

• Groundbreaking new approach to mathematical theory

  Date: 20 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/20-category-theory-mathematics

  New research from Dr Simona Paoli from the University of Leicester’s Department of Mathematics introduces a new approach to higher categorical...

• UK to tackle danger of the solar wind and find new Earth-like planets

  Date: 8 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-solar-wind-smile-plato

  New national space funding worth £7 million will ensure UK scientists play a leading role in a new space weather mission, the Science Minister...

• ExoMars rover named after DNA pioneer

  Date: 11 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/11-exomars

  The European Space Agency has named its new ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin, after the DNA pioneer, it has been announced.

• High-speed supernova reveals earliest moments of a dying star

  Date: 17 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/17-physics-cocoon

  Image credit: Artist’s impression by Anna Serena Esposito International team of researchers, including the University of Leicester, find evidence...

• University of Leicester named as one of the world’s most sustainable universities

  Date: 17 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/17-worlds-most-sustainable-university-ui-greenmetric

  UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2018 places the University of Leicester 35th in the world and 9th in the UK for sustainability.

• Year in review: January - June

  Date: 27 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/27-year-in-review-jan

  From digital innovations and sporting triumphs to sharing our research on a global stage, 2018 has been full of many highlights for the University.

• Calculations reveal Santa travels at 0.5% the speed of light

  Date: 21 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/21-calculations-reveal-how-quickly-santa-travels

  University of Leicester students have worked out just how fast Santa Claus has to travel to deliver all of his presents on time On Christmas Eve...

• Planetary astronomers identify cycle of spectacular disturbances at Jupiter’s equator

  Date: 19 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-planetary-astronomers-identify-cycle-spectacular-disturbances-jupiters-equator

  Scientists at the University of Leicester and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory predict next parting of Jupiter’s veil of clouds for 2019 A regular...