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  • Leicester experts work with aspiring scientists from Girlguiding Leicestershire to bring science to life

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-experts-work-with-aspiring-scientists-from-girlguiding-leicestershire-to-bring-science-to-life

    When the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at our University celebrated International Women’s Day, they didn’t know they would end up helping local girls to find out what a baby ladybird looks like up close.

  • Leicester space scientist proves she has what it takes to become an astronaut

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientist-proves-she-has-what-it-takes-to-become-an-astronaut

    Dr Suzie Imber, from the University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, is a step closer to becoming an astronaut after being crowned the winner of the six-part BBC show ‘Astronauts: Have You Got What It Takes?’ Suzie fought off tough competition from 11 other...

  • Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) PGCE

    https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/courses/science

    The Science PGCE is offered in four specialisms: Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Physics with Mathematics. All will train you to be a reflective and effective Science teacher, contributing to a Science department in a UK secondary school.

  • 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...

  • Difficult Conversations: Air quality experts to discuss ways to clean up the air that we breathe

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/difficult-conversations-air-quality

    Research experts including a Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government will join a public Q&A exploring the air quality ‘crisis’ being felt across the globe. Air quality is a measure of pollutants and other harmful particulates in the air that we breathe.

  • Research to understand peatland policy ‘on the ground’

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/peatlands

    Postgraduate research at the University of Leicester is seeking to understand how peatland policy is implemented at a local level, gaining insights from NGOs, farmers, landowners, researchers, and policymakers

  • Space research legacy explored in UK Space Agency and DSIT visit to University of Leicester’s space hub

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/uk-space-agency-dsit-visit-space-park

    University of Leicester hosted a delegation of senior staff at Space Park Leicester from the UK Space Agency and the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

  • Bioinformatics and Molecular Genetics MSc

    https://le.ac.uk/courses/bioinformatics-and-molecular-genetics-msc/2026

    This is for you if...you want to combine your interest in computing and bioinformatics with the study of molecular genetics to develop a career in biological research.

  • Leading Through Excellence: Lessons from Teach First

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/08/09/leading-through-excellence-lessons-from-teach-first/

    Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on August 9, 2018   As an American twenty-something making a killing working in London, Brett Wigdortz might not be who we would expect to radically reinvigorate state education in England.

  • Juno’s first perijove – may the science commence!

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/08/24/junos-first-perijove-may-the-science-commence/

    Posted by Henrik Melin in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on August 24, 2016 The Juno spacecraft is today 3 million km from Jupiter, and it has spent its time in the first of two capture orbits about the planet.

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