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UK team to lead European mission to study new planets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/uk-team-to-lead-european-mission-to-study-new-planets
The ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) mission was selected as the next European Space Agency (ESA) science mission, putting UK leadership at the heart of research into planets that lie outside our solar system -- exoplanets.
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Exposure to air pollution associated with increase in sedentary time, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/pollution
Long-term exposure to current levels of UK air pollution has been found to be associated with an annual increase of up to 22 minutes of sedentary time each day, in a study published in the Journal of Public Health.
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Most distant detection of a black hole swallowing a star
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/black-hole-swallowing-star
A University of Leicester astronomer has led an international team that determined the distance of the furthest black hole consuming a star detected to date.
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Editors
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/about/journals/museum-society/editors
Learn about the editors and members of the Editorial Board for Museum and Society, the independent peer-reviewed journal from Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.
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Videogames
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/videogames/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Recently a British teenager won almost a million in championships of the computer game Fortnite.
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Sickness poverty and medical relief in England 1750-1850
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/sickness-poverty-and-medical-relief-in-england
Wellcome Trust Research Grant (£166,595) December 2009 - June 2012 Professor Steve King This project explores the definition, scale and treatment of sickness amongst the dependent poor between the 1750s and 1850s.
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Simon Knell
https://le.ac.uk/people/simon-knell
The academic profile of Professor Simon Knell, Professor of Contemporary Museology at University of Leicester
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Edmund Chattoe Brown
https://le.ac.uk/people/edmund-chattoe-brown
The academic profile of Dr Edmund Chattoe Brown, Lecturer in Sociology at University of Leicester
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Applicants under the age of 18
https://le.ac.uk/policies/admissions/under-18
If you are due to start your course at Leicester before you turn 18, your parent or guardian need to provide consent. Learn more.
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Michael Clarke
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/michael-clarke
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Michael Clarke, who worked in the School of Education in the 1980s.