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• Leicester research selected as top story by international news distribution platform

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-research-selected-as-top-story-by-international-news-distribution-platform

  Recent research into the technosphere by Professors Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Waters from the Department of Geology has been selected by AlphaGalileo as the top English language research story in its December newsletter as part of the News Managers'...

• 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...

• Blood suckers fluid dynamics explain how quickly a vampire could drain your blood

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/out-for-blood-fluid-dynamics-explain-how-quickly-a-vampire-could-drain-your-blood

  Throughout human history there have been tales of vampires – bloodsucking creatures of folklore that prey on their victims by draining their life essence, usually via the blood.

• School children ‘Ask the Astronaut’ with University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/tim-peake-aac-schools

  School children had the chance to submit their questions through the ‘Little Inventors in Space’ programme, led by the Attenborough Arts Centre in partnership with Little Inventors and Inspirate.

• Grayson Perry guest of honour at Centenary Alumni Celebration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/grayson-perry

  Contemporary artist, writer and broadcaster Grayson Perry CBE will share his insight with Leicester alumni at a special event in celebration of the University’s Centenary this May.

• Education and Work Transitions

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/education-and-work-transitions

  Lead: Dr Reka Plugor Co-lead: Dr Sally-Anne Barnes The Education and Work Transitions research group focuses on the development of knowledge through research and collaboration on the transitions into, through and out of education and work.

• New Saturn images show a change of seasons – and a last glimpse of its huge, warm polar vortex

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/saturn-autumn-images

  New observations of Saturn by University of Leicester planetary scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the famous ringed planet

• Study finds accuracy of sexual assault testimonies is not affected by alcohol intoxication

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/study-finds-accuracy-of-sexual-assault-testimonies-is-not-affected-by-alcohol-intoxication

  People are often concerned about the accuracy of testimony given by victims who were intoxicated during a sexual assault – but a new study by Leicester researchers has found that while alcohol intoxicated participants report fewer pieces of information about an assault,...

• Boost for Research on Work and Employment

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/03/12/boost-for-research-on-work-and-employment/

  Posted by Melanie Simms in School of Business Blog on March 12, 2014 March 2014 saw the announcement of no less than eleven (11) separate investments into projects within the broad area of work and employment.

• Leicester PhD student to discuss science diplomacy at World Science Forum

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-phd-student-to-discuss-science-diplomacy-at-world-science-forum

  As part of her RCUK policy fellowship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), Emmeline Ledgerwood (pictured), a postgraduate research student at the School of History, Politics and International Relations,  is representing POST at the World Science...