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• National award for Josh’s out of this world bakes with National Space Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/national-award-josh-bakes-space-centre

  Instagram series Mission Bake, a collaboration between Dr Josh Smalley and the National Space Centre, has won first place at the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards

• University of Leicester backs performances marking 50 years since Ugandan Asian exodus

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/curve-uganda

  The University of Leicester has backed a series of performances which mark the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian exodus.

• Shot at dawn in the Great War: Re-evaluating justice in the case of Harry Farr. By Floris Tomasini

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/10/03/shot-at-dawn/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on October 3, 2016   Today’s post looks at a re-evaluation of justice in an emblematic case study; Harry Farr who was shot for cowardice during the Great War.

• Evidence of 2,000 years of human activity found on market site in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/evidence-2000-years-human-activity-market

  University of Leicester Archaeological Services carrying out excavations at the site of the city’s new market square, with discoveries including a Roman infant burial and remains of a dungeon believed to be from the 16th century

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 3 9 September

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-3-9-september

  Dr Maria Rovisco from the Department of Media and Communication has written an article for The Conversation examining the changing tone of media coverage surrounding refugees.

• BBCs science preview of the year 2016 includes Leicester research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/bbcs-science-preview-of-the-year-2016-includes-leicester-research

  Research into the Anthropocene has been mentioned in a BBC article covering the big upcoming science stories of 2016. The Anthropocene is a term formulated in 2000 to denote the present age, where humans are dramatically altering many geologically important conditions.

• Protecting children from war and violence

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/protecting-children

  In any society subjected to war or violence, children are the innocent victims. Even if they are not injured themselves, the experience is understandably traumatic.

• UK plays leading role as landmark mission launches to unlock secrets of Earth’s magnetic shield

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/landmark-mission-launches-earth-magnetic-shield-smile

  SMILE launches to provide first complete picture of how Earth’s magnetic field responds to the solar wind, improving predictions of solar storms that disrupt GPS, communications and power grids.

• Cartooning: A Delicate Art Form that Needs to be Preserved

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2021/12/28/cartooning-delicate-art-form-needs-preserved/

  Political cartoonist Michel Kichka (Israel) is interviewed by Shout Out UK Young Writer William Speakman.

• Kerry Dobbins: Page 2

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/author/kd154/page/2/

  Kerry Dobbins is a Professional Development Advisor at the LLI. She works with colleagues to support the development of their teaching and supporting learning activities.