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Film shows ‘breathtaking’ emissions reductions during lockdown
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/07-air-quality-plots
r7tYw_-00PM 7_3sFlNW5s8 AOmWrlpnzyE|Timelapse satellite imagery from the University of Leicester reveals startling reductions in air pollution.
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Universities 'must give something back to students' says Leicester Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/universities-must-give-something-back-nishan-canagarajah
Universities “must do what we can” for students, because the pandemic has “already taken so much away”, says Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah.
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Student announced as new Mayor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/student-announced-as-new-mayoress
A student from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has become the new Mayor of Oadby and Wigston. Samia Haq, a final year Politics student, was inaugurated at a meeting in the council offices followed by a reception at Parklands in Oadby.
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Top budgeting tips
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/fees-funding/budgeting
Our students offer you some of their top budgeting tips for managing your money while at university.
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How to pay if you have a sponsor
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/fees-funding/paying-your-fees/sponsors
Information on how to pay your fees if you have a sponsor, which is a company or organisation which has agreed to pay all or part of your tuition fee.
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Choral Scholarships at Leicester Cathedral
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/music/choral
The University of Leicester is proud of our long-standing relationship with Leicester Cathedral. Leicester Cathedral offers three Choral Scholarships of £1,000 each year to our Citizens of Change (undergraduates or postgraduates).
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Most luminous galaxy is ripping itself apart
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/most-luminous-galaxy-is-ripping-itself-apart
In a far-off galaxy, 12.4 billion light-years from Earth, a ravenous black hole is devouring galactic grub. Its feeding frenzy produces so much energy, it stirs up gas across its entire galaxy.
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Prehistoric peepers provide vital clue in solving ancient Tully Monster mystery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/prehistoric-peepers-provide-vital-clue-in-solving-ancient-tully-monster-mystery
A 300 million year-old fossil mystery has been solved by a team from the Department of Geology, which has identified that the ancient ‘Tully Monster’ was a vertebrate - due to the unique characteristics of its eyes.
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Research finds Earths technosphere now weighs 30 trillion tons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-finds-earths-2018technosphere2019-now-weighs-30-trillion-tons
An international team led by our geologists has made the first estimate of the sheer size of the physical structure of the planet’s technosphere – suggesting that its mass approximates to an enormous 30 trillion tons.
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First photo from Junos Jupiter orbit released
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/first-photo-from-junos-jupiter-orbit-released
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent its first in-orbit view. Juno’s visible-light camera was turned on six days after Juno fired its main engine and placed itself into orbit around the largest planetary inhabitant of our solar system. The new view was obtained on 10 July at 6.