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• Leicester experts work with aspiring scientists from Girlguiding Leicestershire to bring science to life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-experts-work-with-aspiring-scientists-from-girlguiding-leicestershire-to-bring-science-to-life

  When the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at our University celebrated International Women’s Day, they didn’t know they would end up helping local girls to find out what a baby ladybird looks like up close.

• Leicester space scientist proves she has what it takes to become an astronaut

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientist-proves-she-has-what-it-takes-to-become-an-astronaut

  Dr Suzie Imber, from the University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, is a step closer to becoming an astronaut after being crowned the winner of the six-part BBC show ‘Astronauts: Have You Got What It Takes?’ Suzie fought off tough competition from 11 other...

• Sleeping giant surprises Gaia scientists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/black-hole

  Most massive black hole in our galaxy spotted by team including scientists from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester

• Research to understand peatland policy ‘on the ground’

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/peatlands

  Postgraduate research at the University of Leicester is seeking to understand how peatland policy is implemented at a local level, gaining insights from NGOs, farmers, landowners, researchers, and policymakers

• 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...

• Difficult Conversations: Air quality experts to discuss ways to clean up the air that we breathe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/difficult-conversations-air-quality

  Research experts including a Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government will join a public Q&A exploring the air quality ‘crisis’ being felt across the globe. Air quality is a measure of pollutants and other harmful particulates in the air that we breathe.

• Bioinformatics and Molecular Genetics MSc

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/bioinformatics-and-molecular-genetics-msc/2026

  This is for you if...you want to combine your interest in computing and bioinformatics with the study of molecular genetics to develop a career in biological research.

• Space research legacy explored in UK Space Agency and DSIT visit to University of Leicester’s space hub

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/uk-space-agency-dsit-visit-space-park

  University of Leicester hosted a delegation of senior staff at Space Park Leicester from the UK Space Agency and the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

• Tiffany Barry

  https://le.ac.uk/people/tiffany-barry

  The academic profile of Dr Tiffany Barry, Associate Professor in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry at University of Leicester

• Japanese Post-beginners (Level 2)

  https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/japanese/level-2

  Japanese course for post-beginners at Leicester University