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  • Excitement builds for launch of James Webb Space Telescope

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/jwst-launch

    MIRI, like much of JWST’s instrumentation, will be protected from the intense radiation of the Sun by a huge five-layer sunshade which will unfold remotely as the telescope journeys to its final destination, around Lagrange point 2 (L2), where the gravitational pull of the...

  • Ut vitam habeant – so that they may have life

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/centenary-celebrations-blog

    On 11 November 1918, the First World War came to an end and the following day Dr Astley Clarke wrote to the local newspaper to announce the creation of the 'Leicester University Fund', in celebration of peace and for the founding of a university college as a memorial.

  • Conversations with… Prof. John Bridges

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/10/conversations-with-prof-john-bridges/

    Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 10 September 2021 Professor John Bridges is a Professor of Planetary Science in the School of Physics and Astronomy. An experienced researcher; Prof.

  • D-Day in the East Midlands Oral History Archive

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/05/30/d-day-in-the-east-midlands-oral-history-archive/

    Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on May 30, 2024 The 1980s saw many oral history projects start across the UK.

  • Leicester student research stories rated most out of left field in May

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-student-research-stories-rated-most-out-of-left-field-in-may

    The feasibility of crying a river and the plausibility of spells in the Harry Potter universe are the top two most interesting University research stories in May, according to a list by PR consultancy Gerard Kelly & Partners.

  • Alice Munro, Canadian ‘Master’ of the Short Story

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/11/01/alice-munro-canadian/

    Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature, 2013

  • SUREFest – Final Internship Presentations

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/04/surefest-final-internship-presentations/

    This summer, the School of Physics and Astronomy has hosted 11 interns working as part of the SURE (summer undergraduate research experience) programme. 

  • A tulip bulb, the value of which would have fed ‘a whole ship’s crew for a twelvemonth’

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/04/07/a-tulip-bulb-the-value-of-which-would-have-fed-a-whole-ships-crew-for-a-twelvemonth/

    Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 7, 2017 The tulip, with its bold, eye-catching flowers in a wide variety of gorgeous colours, is in bloom, in many of our spring gardens, making one of their most striking features.

  • The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is 17th May

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/17/the-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia-is-17th-may/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2019 IDAHOBIT 2019 The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is 17th  May Stonewall has shared some key support organisations .

  • Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 113 May

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-1-13-may

    President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing how the University of Leicester is among the first institutions in the world to join the UN programme HeForShe.

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