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• University library feeds more than the mind thanks to free veg seed giveaway

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/university-leicester-seed-library-free-veg-giveaway

  The University of Leicester’s growing reputation has been bolstered with a scheme which allows its library members to take out seeds, as well as books.

• June Book Group: A Handful of Dust

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/06/16/handfulofdust/

  Summary of the Waugh Book Groups discussion of A Handful of Dust in June 2014.

• Tiangong1 and Chinas space politics

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/tiangong-1-and-china2019s-space-politics

  Dr Bleddyn Bowen, a Lecturer at the School of History, Politics and International Relations, and expert in astropolitics and space security, has recently discussed the significance of China’s space station Tiangong-1 in the wider context of international relations in outer space.

• Messium graduates from ESA-BIC programme, pioneering hyperspectral innovation in agriculture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/messium-esa-bic-programme-hyperspectral-innovation-agriculture

  Company using cutting-edge hyperspectral satellite technology in agriculture has been part of prestigious business support programme at Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park

• Leicester scientist lends insight into Hubble ‘shadow play’ around planet-forming disc

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/shadow-planet-disc

  University of Leicester scientist contributed modelling to new study to give insight into warping of protoplanetary discs by planets.

• Hanif Kureishi: the Assemblage of a Native Informant

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2015/03/06/hanif-kureishi-the-assemblage-of-a-native-informant/

  Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on March 6, 2015 There are few writers alive in Britain today who can elicit such polarised, or at best highly qualified, responses as Hanif Kureishi (except, perhaps, his fellow writer and friend Salman Rushdie).

• Using Leicesters landmarks to get children counting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/using-leicester2019s-landmarks-to-get-children-counting

  A new book by the School of Education is bringing maths to life for young children across Leicester by using images of familiar locations around the city to help them find numbers and practise counting.

• December Book Group: Officers and Gentlemen

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/12/19/officers/

  Summary of the December 2014 meeting of the Waugh Book Group, Leicester

• Motor City Stories

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/10/26/motor-city-stories/

  Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on October 26, 2020 Archivist Gary Collins explains how the digitisation of an audio collection is enabling its contents to be used in a variety of ways, including for Coventry City of Culture 2021.

• Common childhood eye disorder is best treated by patching earlier, new study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/lazy-eye

  Most children with a ‘lazy eye’ benefit from earlier patching, new research by University of Leicester experts show