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Students film breathtaking images of Earth using high altitude weather balloon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/students-film-breathtaking-curvature-of-earth-using-high-altitude-weather-balloon
Physics students have captured breathtaking images of the Earth’s stratosphere using a high altitude weather balloon. The unmanned balloon and sensor payload reached an altitude of 23.6km, putting it at 1.7 times the altitude ceiling of a 747 airliner.
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CancerStories project recruiting young people with cancer across the East Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/cancerstories-project-recruiting-young-people-with-cancer-across-the-east-midlands
An innovative project spearheaded by Professor Alex Mitchell from the Department of Cancer Studies is looking to recruit young people with cancer to share their stories via online video diaries.
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University contributes rare manuscript to major Sikh exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-contributes-rare-manuscript-to-major-sikh-exhibition
Our University is contributing a rare Sikh manuscript to a major exhibition showcasing unseen relics and artefacts from the 19th Century Anglo Sikh Wars.
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Event to showcase leading tuberculosis research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/event-to-showcase-leading-tuberculosis-research
World TB Day, falling on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and to promote efforts to eliminate the disease.
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Conference to showcase leading developments in gynaecological robotic surgery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/conference-to-showcase-leading-developments-in-gynaecological-robotic-surgery
The University of Leicester will host the 7th Annual British and Irish Association of Gynaecological Robotic Surgeons conference between 1 - 3 March.
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PhD student wins Royal Society of Biology Poster Walks competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/phd-student-wins-royal-society-of-biology-poster-walks-competition
30 students showcased their posters to the public at the University of Lincoln this week, with a number of students attending from our University.
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Professor Daniel Teta
https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/alumni/daniel-teta
Find out more about Professor Daniel Teta, alumnus of the University of Leicester Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. He is Professor of Nephrology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Statement from the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/pre-change-engagement
Today, the University of Leicester wrote to all colleagues to confirm that 145 roles have been placed at risk of redundancy, with a potential net reduction of circa 60 posts.
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University’s Centre for Regional and Local History launches new research spaces
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/local-history
University of Leicester’s Centre for English Local History will relaunch as the Centre for Regional and Local History from Wednesday (5 October).
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Facilities for students
https://le.ac.uk/physics/study/undergraduate/facilities
Facilities for teaching in the School of Physics and Astronomy