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• Archives and Special Collections Team Pick!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/06/06/archives-and-special-collections-team-pick/

  Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on June 6, 2024 To mark International Archives Day, which falls on 9 th June, I asked my colleagues in Archives and Special Collections to choose one of their favourite collections from our holdings.

• Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime

  A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.

• Has Tony Blair Turned Hayekian?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/04/22/has-tony-blair-turned-hayekian/

  Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on April 22, 2015 Lecturer in Management and Economic History at the School, Chris Grocott , reckons so. This year, I ran the inaugural third year BA Management Studies module ‘Organisations in Economic Context’.

• The Blue Boar Inn

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/blue-boar-inn

  The Blue Boar Inn was constructed in the mid-15th century. Richard’s final stay in Leicester was for one or two nights at the Blue Boar Inn on 19 and 20 August.

• Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney on taking a Leicester PhD to NASA

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/05/dr-naomi-rowe-gurney-on-taking-a-leicester-phd-to-nasa/

  A five-year break in China, a worldwide pandemic, and delays to the most complex space telescope ever built: none of these were enough to stop Naomi Rowe-Gurney breaking new ground to complete her PhD at Leicester and land a dream job with NASA.

• Chasing shadows at Jupiter

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2020/07/17/chasing-shadows-at-jupiter/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 17, 2020 On July 17 th , 11am-4pm,   Leicester planetary scientists Dr. Tom Stallard and Dr.

• Historic US government publications now online

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/historic-us-government-publications-now-online/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 It is now possible to search issues of the US Congressional Record (which comprises the debates and proceedings of the United States Congress and the history of Bills and other...

• IWD 2024: Remember to wear purple or pink in the real world

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/iwd-sarah-fox-blog

  To mark International Women’s Day, Dr Sarah Jane Fox from Leicester Law School reflects on the drive to achieve gender equality.

• Rosalind Franklin Rover one step closer to Mars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/rosalind-franklin-parachute

  A spacecraft built using University of Leicester expertise is one step closer to its mission on the surface of Mars following a successful series of high-altitude tests.

• World Engineering Day: Leicester engineering graduate builds a career as a future ‘space leader’

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sam-ravi-engineering-graduate-space-leader

  University of Leicester alumna Sam Ravi was one of 30 Emerging Space Leaders announced in 2024 and is encouraging young people to consider an engineering degree on World Engineering Day