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Research centres
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/research-centres
The School is home to three internationally-known research centres (Regional and Local History, Stanley Burton Centre and Urban History). Staff in the School are also heavily involved in two multidisciplinary research centres (American Studies and the Medieval Research Centre).
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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...
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Swift satellite spots its thousandth gamma-ray burst
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/swift-satellite-spots-its-thousandth-gamma-ray-burst
Leicester scientists are celebrating the discovery of the 1,000th gamma-ray burst (GRB) by the US/UK/Italian Swift spacecraft. GRBs are the most powerful explosions in the universe, typically associated with the collapse of a massive star and the birth of a black hole.
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Another award for Centre for Medicines sustainability credentials
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/another-award-for-centre-for-medicine2019s-sustainability-credentials
Our landmark Centre for Medicine building has won the ProCon Leicestershire Awards Sustainable Development of the Year Award 2016.
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Unheard interview with Sir David Attenborough about life in Leicester part of new University exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/attenborough
A never before heard interview with Sir David Attenborough is featured in a new exhibition that has opened to the public at the University of Leicester).
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Study examines issues relating to gender and trade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-examines-issues-relating-to-gender-and-trade
Dr Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella from the Leicester Law School was asked by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) to write a research paper on the application of the principle of sex equality outside the workplace.
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University of Leicester expert joins authors of United Nations climate change report
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/expert-author-united-nations-climate-change-report
Professor Valerio Lucarini from the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences is one of 664 international experts appointed by UN body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for its Seventh Assessment Report (AR7)
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Space scientists reveal secret behind Jupiter’s ‘energy crisis’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/jupiter-energy-crisis
New research published in Nature has revealed the solution to Jupiter’s ‘energy crisis’, which has puzzled astronomers for decades.
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University of Leicester scientists capture Neptune’s auroras for first time using JWST
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/neptune-auroras-first-time-jwst
Long-sought auroral glow finally emerges under JWST’s powerful gaze, as team led from University of Leicester observed Neptune using JWST’s near-infrared instrument
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Prestigious award to School of Education academic working towards peace
https://le.ac.uk/education/news-events/education-news/peace-korea-award
The leading role played by a University of Leicester academic working towards peace in the Korean Peninsula has been recognised with a prestigious award.