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Winner of Leicester competition to receive photograph from space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/winner-of-leicester-competition-to-receive-photograph-from-space
Children around the UK are invited to enter a competition organised by the University's National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), the UK’s leading research centre for studying our planet using observations from satellites in space, to win a large photograph of Earth...
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Historical photo could be earliest of female geologist
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/historical-photo-could-be-earliest-of-female-geologist
An enigmatic photograph titled ‘The Geologists’ showing a lady and a gentleman in front of some rocks is believed to have been taken at Chudleigh in Devon around 1843 by the pioneer photographer William H. F. Talbot.
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Expert opinions cover Irish aspects in Brexit Muhammad Alis legacy media portrayal of WAGS and conspiracy theories
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/expert-opinions-cover-irish-aspects-in-brexit-muhammad-alis-legacy-and-media-portrayal-of-wags
Professor Bernard Ryan from the School of Law has written an article for the Free Movement website discussing the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU for immigration policy and nationality law and the Irish aspects.
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100 years of the University Library: open house and centenary lecture
https://le.ac.uk/library/events/library-centenary
5 May 2023, 1.30pm - 5.00pm followed by drinks reception Join the Library team for this special event to celebrate 100 years since our official opening on 5 May 1923.
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Rainforests
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/primary/rainforests
Learn more about the Rainforests programme that we offer to primary school children.
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Gifts and donations
https://le.ac.uk/library/about/policies/donations
Gifts and donations of collections, books and other resources to the Library
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Are we doomed New online course asks how we can make the modern world sustainable
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/are-we-doomed-new-online-course-asks-how-we-can-make-the-modern-world-sustainable
A new online course, available on the FutureLearn social learning platform, will unpick the complex global challenge that is sustainability and provide a deeper understanding of what it means to be a global citizen.
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Project to help child historians to explore English country houses colonial connections
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/projec-to-help-child-historians-to-explore-english-country-houses2019-colonial-connections
A new initiative by our Centre for New Writing will mobilise child historians to develop new audiences for cutting-edge research about British country houses’ Caribbean and East India connections.
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Honorary Professor of Law appointed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/honorary-professor-of-law-appointed
A leading lawyer has been appointed as Honorary Professor of Law at Leicester. David Hodson, Partner and co-founder of The International Family Law Group LLP has been awarded the title of Honorary Professor in Law at the University.
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Photograph exhibition organised by students highlights liberation of Nazi camps
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/photograph-exhibition-highlights-liberation-of-nazi-camps
A photograph exhibition highlighting the liberation of Nazi camps during the Second World War will launch at the David Wilson Library on Wednesday 22 March.