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• UK Space Agency establishes Midlands base at Space Park Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/space-agency-regional-office

  University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park to host regional office, part of national expansion aimed to enable UK Space Agency to collaborate more closely with the UK’s thriving space sector

• Earth observation images reveal extent of ferocious forest fires in Siberia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/siberian-fires

  According to Russia’s forestry agency, this year’s fires have ravaged more than 14m hectares, making it the second-worst fire season since the turn of the century.

• Satellite centrepiece for Space Park Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/space-park-satellites

  Two satellites which shine a light on Leicester’s role in climate research form the centrepiece of Space Park Leicester’s new atrium space.

• Report suggests delaying school entry for preterm babies may not be the answer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/report-suggests-delaying-school-entry-for-preterm-babies-may-not-be-the-answer

  A new report launched today suggests that prematurely born babies are more likely to have learning difficulties at school age, and the risk increases the earlier they are born.

• Oral history in Leicestershire

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/directory-of-oral-history/east-midlands/leicestershire

  Browse projects and oral history materials from Leicestershire, including the 100 stories of migration project, which documents 100 people who left their homes in another country to live in Leicester.

• Glynis Wright MBE

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/glynis-wright

  Dr Glynis Wright is an alumna of the University of Leicester acquiring a BA (Hons) in English and Philosophy in 1984. She decided to remain in Leicester after graduating and commenced a career in local government most latterly within the field of economic development.

• New research sheds light on how reward-induced behaviour in the brain may be controlled

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-research-sheds-light-on-how-reward-induced-behaviour-in-the-brain-may-be-controlled

  A new study has shed light on how reward-associated behaviour can be controlled by different groups of neurons in the brain.

• Myths and Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry, 8 May 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/medieval/events/archive/public-lectures/bayeux-tapestry

  Myths and Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry was a lecture by Dr Michael Lewis (FSA MCIfA), Head of Portable Antiquities and Treasure at the British Museum, London, and an acknowledged expert on the Tapestry.

• Recent Research Funding Awards

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/research/recent-research-funding-awards

  Read our case studies to get a taste of some of the amazing research that happens in the School of Museum Studies.

• Protests against Trump in Britain may well signal the beginning of a new wave of AntiBrexit mobilisation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/201cprotests-against-trump-in-britain-may-well-signal-the-beginning-of-a-new-wave-of-anti-brexit-mobilisation201d

  Dr Fabian Frenzel (pictured), from the University of Leicester’s School of Business, has suggested that the recent protests against President Trump’s travel ban, seen across the UK, could signal a new wave of Anti-Brexit mobilisation.