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Work experience and industry links
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/careers/work-experience
Through our links with industry, Geology has a large number of students who undertake work experience during their vacations, or through a year out in industry. Such work experience gives our students a strong competitive edge in securing permanent employment.
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Giving refugees a voice in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/refugee-eltu
In partnership with Leicester City of Sanctuary, our English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers free English classes to asylum seekers and refugees, open to people with all levels of English fluency.
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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.
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George Harrison
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/george-harrison
We have learned, with sadness, of the passing of George Anthony Harrison, who lectured in history from the 1960s to the 1990s and remained a familiar figure on campus for many years afterwards. George passed away on 22 January 2025, aged 87.
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Charles Cockell on Astrobiology: National Space Centre Q&A
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/12/charles-cockell-on-astrobiology-national-space-centre-qa/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 November 2020 Join the National Space Centre on Friday 13 November at 19:00 for a special #SciFRI, as Charles Cockell, Professor of Astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh takes part in a live Q&A...
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#PlanetarySeminar: NASA’s Dr Paul Mahaffy on Mars from Curiosity and MAVEN
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/09/28/planetaryseminar-nasas-dr-paul-mahaffy-on-mars-from-curiosity-and-maven/
Dr Paul Mahaffy, NASA AMES, SAM (MSL) and MAVEN Principal Investigator, will talk about Martian Organics, Isotopes, and the Evolution of Habitability Explored in Gale Crater with the Curiosity Rover and from Orbit with the MAVEN mission.
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The NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement mission
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/28/the-nasa-jaxa-global-precipitation-measurement-mission/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 October 2020 Leicester precipitation scientists Daniel Watters and Alessandro Battaglia outline how a NASA-JAXA mission addresses the challenge of global measurement of precipitation.
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Leicester’s Jupiter Research on the BBC Sky at Night
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/17/leicesters-jupiter-research-on-the-bbc-sky-at-night/
The BBC Sky at Night team travelled to the National Space Centre for a special show on five years of the Juno mission, featuring interviews with our Jupiter experts.
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Celebrating our 2020 Physics and Astronomy Prizes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/22/celebrating-our-2020-physics-and-astronomy-prizes/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 July 2020 The School of Physics and Astronomy has announced the 2020 recipients of our undergraduate prizes.
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 14
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/14/
Space Debris and Sustainability – National Space Centre Live Q&A Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 4 March 2021 Join the National Space Centre for a LIVE Space Q&A with Professor Hugh Lewis on Friday 5 March 19:00-20:00, discussing...