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Monitoring Jupiter’s Atmospheric Heartbeat over Three Decades
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/08/24/monitoring-jupiters-atmospheric-heartbeat-over-three-decades/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 August 2020 Long-term infrared monitoring of Jupiter’s equatorial stratosphere over three decades revealed a natural cycle of variable winds and temperatures.
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Zanzibar’s Prison Island: The Prison That Never Was, by Sarah Longair
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/10/23/zanzibars-prison-island-the-prison-that-never-was-by-sarah-longair/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 23, 2014 My initial research on peculiar history of Zanzibar’s so-called Prison Island as part of the Carceral Archipelago project began last year delving into the records in the National Archives and the...
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International Women’s Day – The Gender Pay Gap at the University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/ult/2017/03/08/international-womens-day-the-gender-pay-gap-at-the-university-of-leicester/
Menu Close University Leadership Team Home International Women’s Day – The Gender Pay Gap at the University of Leicester International Women’s Day – The Gender Pay Gap at the University of Leicester Posted by on March 8, 2017 Today March 8th 2017 marks International Women’s Day.
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Modern scientist vs. 1600s scientist: Moon landings
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/02/14/modern-scientist-vs-1600s-scientist-moon-landings/
Modern planetary scientist Dr Suzie Imber critiques John Wilkins's incredible 17th c. book on space travel
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Matchwomen’s strike and other union sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/08/matchwomens-strike-and-other-union-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2013 125th anniversary of the Matchgirl’s strike < http://www.matchwomensfestival.com/ > To commemorate the occasion a special festival is being held in London.
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Film highlights Leicester’s major role in uncovering space’s secrets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/space-legacy-video
Space Park Leicester has released an updated version of its compelling short film ‘Leicester’s journey through space’ which tracks the city’s evolution as an internationally recognised space hub from the 1960s through to the present day.
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Women’s history
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/28/womens-history/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2025 Europeana has themed galleries relating to women’s history month.
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It’s not me, it’s you.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/07/08/its-not-me-its-you/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on July 8, 2016 So, we have all been there, on the receiving end of unreasonable behaviour from another person; be it lover, relative, friend, customer etc… When I deliver a Coping with Stress session, for PhD...
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Observing Jupiter’s auroras with Hubble
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/30/observing-jupiters-auroras-with-hubble/
Posted by Jonathan Nichols in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on June 30, 2016 Unfortunately, they don’t let you take observing trips to the Hubble Space Telescope; perhaps the only downside to using the veteran observatory.
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Leicester scientists investigating ancient freshwater hundreds of metres below the sea floor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/scientists-ancient-freshwater-below-sea-floor
International expedition off the coast of New England (Massachusetts, USA) includes researchers from the University of Leicester aiming to explore ancient freshwater systems below the ocean floor and up to 100 miles offshore