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Expert opinions cover Euroscepticism Brexit and Jupiters Great Red Spot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/expert-opinions-cover-euroscepticism-brexit-and-jupiters-great-red-spot
Dr Simona Guerra from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has co-authored an article about how Brexit has changed the public debate in redefining Euroscepticism.
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Aspiring medics encouraged to explore a career in psychiatry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/aspiring-medics-encouraged-to-explore-a-career-in-psychiatry
Young people considering a career in medicine are invited to a conference that will help them on the route to achieving their ambitions and introduce psychiatry as an exciting medical discipline. The second ‘Medicine Calling’ conference will be held on Saturday 9 September 2017.
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Professor features on Songs of Praise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/professor-features-on-songs-of-praise
Professor Martin Barstow (pictured), Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Strategic Science Projects and Director, Leicester Institute of Space & Earth Observation features in this weekend’s Songs of Praise.
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New online resource for local historians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/new-online-resource-for-local-historians
A new website makes available all the PhD theses completed by students at the Centre for English Local History. The collection comprises 100 theses covering subjects from medieval moats to hunting in Northamptonshire.
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Engineers contribute to creation of new ultra-high performance electric sports car
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/engineers-contribute-to-creation-of-new-ultra-high-performance-electric-sports-car
Engineers from our University have helped in the development of a new, ultra-high performance, range extended, electric sports car project - HIPERCAR.
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Six degrees of separation why it is a small world after all
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/six-degrees-of-separation-why-it-is-a-small-world-after-all
It’s a small world after all – and now science has explained why.
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Leicester professor is most productive and cited woman in urban geography
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-professor-is-most-productive-and-cited-woman-in-urban-geography
In a recent article published in the journal ‘Urban Studies’, Lily Kong and Junxi Qian analysed texts published about urban geography and urban studies between 1990 and 2010.
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Exhibition to represent Kurds through art
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/exhibition-to-represent-kurds-through-art
Our University is hosting a photo-art exhibition to portray the culture of Kurdistan-Iraq. The event, on Wednesday 8 February, is said to represent ‘the pain and joy of people who live in Iraq.
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Research to explore socioeconomic rights and global justice movements
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/research-to-explore-socioeconomic-rights-and-global-justice-movements
Joe Wills (pictured) from our School of Law is to publish a new book investigating socioeconomic rights and global justice movements on Thursday 30 March.
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Plans for extra Heathrow runway are already obsolete says University of Leicester academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/plans-for-extra-heathrow-runway-are-2018already-obsolete2019-says-university-of-leicester-academic
Dr Simon Bennett from the University's School of Business has told a Commons Transport Select Committee that plans to build a new runway at Heathrow are ‘already obsolete’.