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• Professorial Inaugural Lecture Series for spring 2017 announced

  Date: 11 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/professorial-inaugural-lecture-series-for-spring-2017-announced

  The University's Professorial Inaugural Lecture Series, which allow all new professors the opportunity to share their cutting-edge research with...

• Conservation quest to identify Leicesters wildlife and protect wild hedgehogs

  Date: 5 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/conservation-quest-to-identify-wildlife-ranging-from-bats-to-butterflies

  Staff and students will be embarking on a quest - along with eager members of the public - to identify a wide range of wildlife in Leicestershire...

• Leicester geologist invited to present findings to European Geosciences Union

  Date: 24 Apr 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-geologist-invited-to-present-findings-to-european-geosciences-union

  A geologist from our University  will present his research into earthquakes to the European Geosciences Union conference in Vienna on 25 April.

• Four Leicester students shortlisted for TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards

  Date: 11 Apr 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/targetjobs-undergraduate-of-the-year-awards-university-of-leicester-students-shortlisted

  Four Leicester undergraduates have beaten off stiff competition to be shortlisted for prestigious national awards widely recognised by graduate...

• Leicester academic secures grant to research technological advancements in UK energy system

  Date: 11 Apr 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-academic-secures-grant-to-research-technological-advancements-in-uk-energy-system

  A researcher at the University has secured a grant worth £459,000 for a project which will explore the vast potential of Distributed Ledger...

• Sensing technology study identifies trees affected by deadly larch disease

  Date: 4 Apr 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/sensing-technology-study-identifies-trees-affected-by-deadly-larch-disease

  Researchers from our University have used remote sensing technology by Leicestershire-based aerial mapping company Bluesky in order to identify...

• The Guardian highlights Vardyquake project

  Date: 31 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/the-guardian-highlights-vardyquake-project

  Vardyquake, the student geology project that achieved worldwide attention for calculating the seismic signals generated by Leicester fans cheering...

• Protest camps explored in new book co-edited by Leicester academics

  Date: 28 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/protest-camps-explored-in-new-book-co-edited-by-leicester-academics

  A new book on protest camps and political activism, edited by two Leicester academics, will be published on Wednesday 29 March.

• University investment in research talent at the cutting edge of science

  Date: 23 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-investment-in-research-talent-at-the-cutting-edge-of-science

  Fresh investment into postgraduate research at the University of Leicester will nurture a cohort of scientists with expert knowledge and advanced...

• The Anthropocene Leicester scientists respond to criticisms of new geological epoch

  Date: 23 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/the-anthropocene-leicester-scientists-respond-to-criticisms-of-new-geological-epoch

  A team of academics from our University has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene.