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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.

• Richard III’s discovery takes to the stage at the Royal Institution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/23-richard-iii-royal-institution-haldene-lecture

  Richard III geneticist Professor Turi King to give prestigious JBS Haldane Lecture on Monday 26 November 2018.

• Japanese Post-beginners (Level 2)

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

  Japanese course for post-beginners at Leicester University

• Research students

  https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/people/research-students

  See a list of the research students currently studying in the department of Cardiovascular Sciences at Leicester. Find contact details for our MD, PhD and MRes students.

• My role: library adviser, Archives and Special Collections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2022/10/03/my-role-library-adviser-archives-and-special-collections/

  Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on October 3, 2022 Hello – my name is Eleanor Bloomfield and I am the (relatively) new library adviser for Archives and Special Collections.