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• University of Leicester appoints new Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering

  Date: 14 May 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/university-leicester-head-college-science-engineering

  The University is delighted to confirm the appointment of Professor Dirk Schaefer as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of College for Science and...

• New educational video series on Icelandic eruptions recognised in three of the UK’s most prestigious Geography educational awards

  Date: 6 May 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/video-icelandic-eruptions-geography-educational-awards

  University Leicester contributes to video series through the involvement of Dr Marc Reichow from the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment

• Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground

  Date: 1 May 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ptero-firma-footprints-ancient-flying-reptiles

  Study led by the University of Leicester links fossilised flying reptile tracks to animals that made them, revealing a 160-million-year-old...

• Award-winning TV space scientist explores Space Park Leicester’s latest innovations

  Date: 7 Apr 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/tv-space-scientist-maggie-space-park-leicester-innovations

  Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Chancellor of the University of Leicester, recently had an exclusive tour of its £100 million science and innovation...

• Zeeko Ltd takes up cutting-edge research lab at Space Park Leicester

  Date: 31 Mar 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/zeeko-research-lab-space-park-leicester

  Leader in ultra-precision polishing technology joins University of Leicester’s prestigious £100 million space research and innovation facility

• New species revealed after 25 years of study on ‘inside out’ fossil – and named after discoverer’s mum

  Date: 27 Mar 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/new-species-inside-out-fossil-named-after-mum

  Study from University of Leicester describes a new species of fossil that is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved and saw...

• Astronaut reveals challenges of human spaceflight in exciting workshop

  Date: 25 Mar 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/astronaut-challenges-human-spaceflight-workshop

  Dr Franco Malerba spoke to Physics students from the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy for a Human Spaceflight Workshop at...

• Wind turbine remains may be among ‘most surprising’ fossils for far future generations, palaeontologists say

  Date: 12 Mar 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/wind-turbine-remains-surprising-fossils-palaeontology

  University of Leicester palaeontologists publishing new book on technofossils suggest that wind turbine blades, made from difficult to recycle...

• Researcher receives top award for work on meteorites and Martian geology

  Date: 27 Feb 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/researcher-award-meteorites-mars-geology

  PhD student Francesca Willcocks' research has included the Winchcombe meteorite, the exploration of Gale Crater by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and...

• Italian astronaut to share experiences of historic missions at Space Park Leicester

  Date: 29 Jan 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/walter-villadei-talk-770

  Colonel Walter Villadei to speak at University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park on Tuesday, February 11 at 3pm