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James Webb Space Telescope discovers high-altitude jet stream at Jupiter’s equator
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/jupiter-jet-streams
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team including University of Leicester scientists has discovered a never-before-seen feature in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
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Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/saturn-aurorae
Dr Tom Stallard, Associate Professor in Planetary Astronomy at the University of Leicester, added: “The University of Leicester has long been involved in measuring the effects of this new discovery – we’ve observed how the pulsing aurorae and the wobbling magnetic field lines...
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Criminal Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/21/criminal-laws-on-homosexuality-in-african-nations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 21, 2014 Criminal Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations Useful chart produced in February 2014 by the Law Library of the Library of Congress which summarizes the treatment of...
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Leicester-led issue of prestigious journal collects latest thinking on human impact on biosphere
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/prestigious-journal-human-impact-biosphere
University of Leicester Earth scientist guest-edits issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, building on leading role in the proposal of the Anthropocene epoch which reflects human impact on the biosphere
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Californian Drylands
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy3430
Module code: GY3430 This module is based around a 10-day field trip to the Mojave Desert and Death Valley in California. During this module you'll study the geomorphology (landforms and landscapes) of desert environments.
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Californian Drylands
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy3430
Module code: GY3430 This module is based around a 10-day field trip to the Mojave Desert and Death Valley in California. During this module you'll study the geomorphology (landforms and landscapes) of desert environments.
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Californian Drylands
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/gy3430
Module code: GY3430 This module is based around a 10-day field trip to the Mojave Desert and Death Valley in California. During this module you'll study the geomorphology (landforms and landscapes) of desert environments.
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Publications
https://le.ac.uk/cces/publications
The Consumer and Essential Services Unit (CESU) provides links to resources which are useful for academic purposes.
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Advanced Statistical Modelling (Part-time)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/md7468
Module code: MD7468 Generalised linear models This module will start by introducing the theory of generalized linear models (GLMs) in terms of exponential family of distributions and discussing special cases of GLMs, such as normal, Poisson or binomial regression.
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Marketing Intelligence
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mk2026
Module code: MK2026 Understanding marketing intelligence is crucial to successful marketing decision-making. The study of marketing intelligence encompasses both the design of market/marketing research and the analysis of data.