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Project connecting digitally catalogued collections in UK museums receives three years’ funding worth £800,000
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/digitally-catalogued-collections-uk-museums-funding
Joint venture between the University of Leicester, Art UK and Collections Trust supported by Arts and Humanities Research Council aims to ultimately collect data for 100 million object records
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Tradition meets AI as Leicester scientists help tackle Amazonian biodiversity crisis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tradition-ai-leicester-scientists-amazonian-biodiversity-crisis
Scientists led by University of Leicester working with universities in Brazil will support traditional communities to monitor biodiversity in the Amazon, developing an AI toolkit to catalogue local knowledge and understanding
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Grantham Rock!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/04/19/grantham-rock/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on April 19, 2023 The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) and The University of Leicester Special Collections have launched a new project, ‘Sounds for the Future’.
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New Saturn images show a change of seasons – and a last glimpse of its huge, warm polar vortex
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/saturn-autumn-images
New observations of Saturn by University of Leicester planetary scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the famous ringed planet
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Leicester contributes to new technical workforce report that spotlights vital gap in strategic leadership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/technical-leadership-770
Gemma Black and Professor Sarah Davies from the University of Leicester feature in a case study for a new report from the UK Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy
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Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gl4001
Module code: GL4001 This applied module introduces basic concepts and techniques in practical engineering geology and hydrogeology.
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Two new volcanic ‘super-eruptions’ discovered
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/yellowstone
A new study published in Geology by Leicester academics has highlighted the discovery of two new super-eruptions originating from the Yellowstone hotspot track, including what they believe was the volcanic province’s largest and most cataclysmic event.
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Jatinder Minhas
https://le.ac.uk/people/jatinder-minhas
The academic profile of Dr Jatinder Minhas, Clinical Associate Professor of Stroke Medicine / Honorary Consultant Stroke Physician at University of Leicester
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Yoto Carnegie Medals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/07/02/yoto-carnegie-medals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2024 The winners of the 2024 Yoto Carnegies have been announced. See who won: https://yotocarnegies.co.
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Ultra-hot gas around remnants of Sun-like stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-stars
Stars (Left) Artist’s impression of the hot white dwarf GALEXJ014636.8+323615 (white) and its ultra-hot circumstellar magnetosphere (purple) trapped with the magnetic field (green). Credit: N. Reindl. (Right) Colour image of the white dwarf GALEXJ014636.