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• 350 Years Ago Pepys and the Easter of 1666

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/350-years-ago-pepys-and-the-easter-of-1666

  350 years ago, on the Easter of 1666, famous diarist Samuel Pepys recorded how he failed to join a Church of England service at the Chapel in Whitehall Palace as it was too crowded over the festive period.

• Fold-out solar blankets to power satellites receives £1 million boost

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/fold-out-solar-blankets-power-satellites

  A new concept for a solar blanket to power satellites that can be folded away will be developed with engineering expertise from the University of Leicester thanks to new funding.

• Iconic Space Park Leicester scoops top building awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/space-park-building-awards

  The world’s first science and innovation park dedicated to space-related companies has won two prestigious building awards.

• David Cousins

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/david-cousins

  A tribute to David Cousins, pioneering songwriter and radio innovator. Explore his legacy and lifelong connection to the University of Leicester.

• Space Park Leicester to bring space back down to Earth at national conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/space-park-leicester-national-conference

  Cutting-edge work of University of Leicester’s science park to be showcased from 16-17 July, including an early prototype of the Double Walled Isolator: a miniature laboratory for returned extraterrestrial samples

• Climate change project driven forward at Space Park Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/climate-change-project-space-park-leicester

  Event held as part of WorldPeatland project, which is developing effective tools to monitor peatlands based on freely available Earth observation data

• World Digital Preservation Day 2023: making digital preservation greener

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/11/02/world-digital-preservation-day-2023-making-digital-preservation-greener/

  Posted by vholmes in Library and Learning Services on November 2, 2023 Logo for World Digital Preservation Day, 2 November 2023 The theme for WPDP2023 (2 November) is Digital Preservation: A Concerted Effort . This post is a write-up of an online talk to celebrate the day.

• University of Leicester marks Black History Month 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/black-history-month

  The University of Leicester is holding a number of events to mark Black History Month, alongside its Students’ Union and Attenborough Arts Centre.

• Study transforming diabetes care with culturally tailored support for African and Caribbean communities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/heald

  A healthy eating and physical activity programme created with, and for, people of African and Caribbean heritage living with type 2 diabetes in London is now seeking volunteers to test its effectiveness around the UK

• New study underway to find best treatment for wake-up stroke patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/4-new-study-underway-to-find-best-treatment-for-wake-up-stroke-patients

  New study underway to find best treatment for wake-up stroke patients led by Professor Thompson Robinson, Head of Department of Cardiovascular Sciences