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Research reveals solar storms trigger Jupiters Northern Lights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-reveals-solar-storms-trigger-jupiter2019s-2018northern-lights2019
Solar storms trigger Jupiter’s intense ‘Northern Lights’ by generating a new X-ray aurora that is eight times brighter than normal and hundreds of times more energetic than Earth’s aurora borealis, finds new research, involving the University of Leicester, using NASA’s...
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Environment scientists close in on ‘golden spike’ to define Anthropocene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/anthropocene-berlin
Leicester researchers searching for a ‘golden spike’ to formally define humanity’s current geological period – and acknowledge human impact on our planet – have announced a major step in their analysis at an international conference today (Wednesday).
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Ground-breaking lawyer joins University Law Society as president
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/luls-president
Leicester University Law Society has announced that I. Stephanie Boyce will act as its president for the next academic year, starting in October 2022.
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University cricketers highlight the need for blood donation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-cricketers-highlight-the-need-for-blood-donation
Players from the University of Leicester first and seconds cricket team and development squad dressed in their cricket whites to donate blood and help save and improve lives.
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Mercury probe unveiled at the Science Museum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/mercury-probe-unveiled-at-the-science-museum
The latest mission to the planet Mercury – or rather, a near-exact replica of the probe that will be sent there later this year - touched down at London’s Science Museum this week. And two Leicester space scientists were there to welcome it.
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Managing our environmental impacts
https://le.ac.uk/sustainability/impacts
Learn more about how we are managing our environmental impacts, including our environmental and sustainability strategy, and our environmental and sustainability masterplans.
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Do Managers Make Teams Successful?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/01/26/do-managers-make-teams-successful/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on January 26, 2017 ULSB PhD student Rasim Kurdoglu (rsk15) considers just what we can learn from Leicester City’s lack of success this season.
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University of Leicester researcher joins global push to prevent type 1 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/diabetes-funding
Professor Claire Meek at the University of Leicester is leading a project that's receiving part of £1.5 million to help prevent type 1 diabetes.
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Leicester expert features on BBC 100 Women series
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-experts-features-on-bbc-100-women-series
The BBC’s 2016 season of 100 women has featured expert comment from our University.
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LGBT Rights Activism at the United Nations and the Geopolitics of Sexuality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/05/18/lgbt-rights-activism-at-the-united-nations-and-the-geopolitics-of-sexuality/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on May 18, 2023 By Calogero Giametta Lecturer in Criminology LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) rights are divisive and prone to instrumentalisation, nationally and globally.