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Singing Criminologist Ashleigh empowers with her music
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/2018singing-criminologist2019-ashleigh-empowers-with-her-music
Master’s student at Leicester Ashleigh Temperley recently created an original song entitled ‘People with Voices’ as part a creative module during her degree. However, for Ashleigh, the song’s purpose is far more than academic.
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Vindolanda Week 1 – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2020/11/14/journey-to-the-edge-of-empire-notes-from-vindolanda-week-1/
The Arch-I-Scan Team resumes scanning activities and travels to the Roman fort and museum at Vindolanda.
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Distant supermassive black hole shows high velocity sign of over-eating
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/distant-supermassive-black-hole-high-velocity-over-eating-770
University of Leicester scientists describe how the capture of new matter - lasting a few days and corresponding to several Earth masses - formed a ring around the hole, before being partly swallowed by the hole, with excess matter ejected as a high velocity wind.
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Student research helps to settle who the victor of a superhero showdown would likely be
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/student-research-helps-to-settle-who-the-victor-of-a-superhero-showdown-would-likely-be
Natural Sciences and Physics and Astronomy students have been using simple calculations to explain the feasibility of the powers behind of some of the most prominent comic book superheroes known around the world.
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Professor Phil Baker named as new Executive Management Group Chair for Midlands Innovation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/phil-baker-midlands-innovation
Midlands Innovation has announced that Professor Philip Baker, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at the University of Leicester, is to take on the position of Chair of its Executive Management Group.
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Leicester researchers involved in project to address Malaysias environmental challenges
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-researchers-involved-in-project-to-address-malaysia2019s-environmental-challenges
Researchers from our University are part of a team delivering an Earth and Sea Observation System (EASOS) for Malaysia in order to address some of the country’s major environmental challenges.
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Leicester Astronomers Looking Ahead to First Light for Webb
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/28/leicester-astronomers-looking-ahead-to-first-light-for-webb/
Leicester Astronomers Looking Ahead to First Light for Webb
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Sonata makes University of Leicester graduation history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/graduation-sonata-gudaitiene
A University of Leicester porter just a year into her job has made history after becoming the institution’s first female mace bearer at its graduation ceremonies.
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Students calculate how much of the Amazon would be required to print the Internet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/students-calculate-how-much-of-the-amazon-would-be-required-to-print-the-internet
Students from the The Centre for Interdisciplinary Science have calculated how much paper would be required to physically print the Internet as we know it - and have worked out that despite the Internet’s enormous size less than 1 per cent of the Amazon rainforest’s...
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Clearing Accommodation Open House
https://le.ac.uk/clearing/events/clearing-open-house
At our Clearing Open House explore the wide range of accommodation at our two locations, The Village and The City - including our brand new Freemen’s development.