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• Pompeii’s pungent past earns Leicester student prestigious Roman Society prize

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/award-dissertation-pompeii-roman-fullonica

  University of Leicester student Molly Mather has won the Roman Society’s MA Dissertation Prize for revealing how Roman laundries in Pompeii managed pungent smells.

• World Space Week at the National Space Centre

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/20/world-space-week-at-the-national-space-centre/

  To celebrate World Space Week the National Space Centre is hosting its first in-person Space Lates since January 2020, offering space fans the chance to explore the galleries after hours, hear from special guest speakers and take part in a wide range of space-themed...

• Physics and Astronomy April 2021 Digest

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/30/physics-and-astronomy-april-2021-digest/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 April 2021 With the end of the spring term, the Easter break, and the approach of the summer exam period, life in the School of Physics and Astronomy remains as busy as ever.

• Protecting sex workers

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/sex-workers

  In considering sex work, police and health practitioners have focused on ‘the street’ as the main location for sex workers. However, in the 21st century the sex industry has changed enormously, and today most commercial sex work happens online.

• “Crisis? What Crisis?” – UK politicians and Brexit

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2019/04/10/crisis-what-crisis-uk-politicians-and-brexit/

  Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on April 10, 2019 by Dr Rebecca Acres, Honorary Fellow, University of Leicester Whether or not it ever actually happens, Brexit is the defining political and leadership challenge of our times.

• Strawbs founder honoured by University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/david-cousins-honorary-degree

  The University of Leicester conferred an honorary Doctor of Music (DMus) degree on David Cousins, musician, songwriter and founder of UK rock group Strawbs, at its graduation ceremonies on Friday 20 January.

• The NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement mission

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/28/the-nasa-jaxa-global-precipitation-measurement-mission/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 October 2020 Leicester precipitation scientists Daniel Watters and Alessandro Battaglia outline how a NASA-JAXA mission addresses the challenge of global measurement of precipitation.

• Leicester scientists celebrate anniversary of game-changing satellite

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/swift-anniversary

  The University of Leicester celebrates 20 years of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which it developed key technology for continues to lead the UK’s data analysis efforts

• Posters

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/medical-schools-uk-edi-meeting/posters

  We are pleased to present abstracts for the following posters.

• Book Review: Being an NHS Chief Executive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2019/04/26/book-review-being-an-nhs-chief-executive/

  Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on April 26, 2019 Dr Hannah Laidley reviews Being an NHS Chief Executive: What they never told me (or if they did I wasn’t listening)    Lisa Rodrigues is former chief executive of Sussex Partnership NHS...