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• Five shortlisted from University of Leicester in the UK’s only awards for technicians in academia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/papin-prize-shortlist

  Five individuals and teams from the University of Leicester are in the running for Papin Prizes, dedicated to celebrating technical excellence and innovation in higher education and research.

• Over £600,000 for University of Leicester to shrink AI algorithms for smarter spacecraft

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/shrinking-ai-spacecraft

  Multidisciplinary team from University of Leicester receives £690,000 funding from UK Space Agency and aims to develop and demonstrate streamlined machine learning algorithms suitable for limited spacecraft power and computing performance

• The Cosmic Oasis: Leicester environment experts explore Earth’s biosphere in new popular science book

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/cosmic-oasis

  Environment experts from the University of Leicester will explore human impact on our planet’s delicate biosphere in a new book. The Earth holds a special place in the cosmos with its ancient, complex and diverse biosphere.

• Professor awarded prestigious Turing AI Fellowship

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/professor-awarded-prestigious-turing-ai-fellowship

  A University of Leicester-based expert will work to shape artificial intelligence (AI) systems of the future with the support of a multi-million-pound Government investment.

• Research involving the use of animals

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/research/use-of-animals

  Get more information on the policy in place for the use of animals in research at the University of Leicester.

• University of Leicester joins TechxFest in inspiring 100s of children to explore the world of technical careers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/techxfest-technicians-schools

  Technical staff from Space Park Leicester and the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology attended the UK’s first event dedicated to showcasing the breadth of technical careers.

• Leicester academics receive cash boost for pioneering international space partnership

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/bahrain-bilateral-fund

  The University of Leicester and Geospatial Insight will receive up to £75,000 to support work on carbon mapping sensors for monitoring greenhouse gas emission management programmes in Bahrain and the wider Gulf region.

• A team of UK scientists have been monitoring the devastating smoke plume in Canada and North America

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/nceo-wildfire-monitoring

  A team of scientists from the National Centre for Earth Observation, based at the University of Leicester, has been monitoring the devastating plume of smoke which has travelled from Canada to parts of the North American east coast.

• Multi-million pound international investment to launch new industrial research facility in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/multi-million-pound-international-investment-to-launch-new-industrial-research-facility-in-leicester

  A multi-million pound Research Centre for metal and alloys has been launched in Leicester. It will enable the University of Leicester and partners to work with China for an initial period of five years to bring advanced thinking to metal production.

• AI experts join drive for safety on UK rail crossings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/ai-level-crossing

  The Leicester team includes Professors Ivan Tyukin and Alexander Gorban, Dr Bogdan Grechuk, Tatiana Tyukina and George Leete, all of the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences.