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• Leicester astronomer leads study of observations of Jupiter in the far-infrared

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-astronomer-leads-study-of-observations-of-jupiter

  Dr Leigh Fletcher from our Department of Physics and Astronomy has lead a team that has produced far-infrared maps of Jupiter for the first time since the twin Voyager spacecraft missions in 1979 using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA.

• Leicester Leads the Way Geodata Event for Business

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-leads-the-way-geodata-event-for-business

  On 12 March the University's IRSA project (part funded by the ERDF) organised a free event for local business and stakeholders to get across the importance of geographical data within the current trending Big Data agenda.

• 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2021

  Brian Burch OBE, former University Librarian and historian of the University Deborah Sawday, ULAS pottery expert Ed Coates, Facilities Assistant Philip Hammersley CBE, former member of Council Very Rev.

• Keep Calm and Scroll On! (Pt.4)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/05/07/keep-calm-and-scroll-on-pt-4/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on May 7, 2020   One thing I’ve observed during the lockdown is how eerily quiet it is in the evenings!   With a reduction in the number of cars on the road, planes in the air, and trains on the tracks many people...

• Hot hot hot, above the Great Red Spot

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/28/hot-hot-hot-above-the-great-red-spot/

  Posted by Henrik Melin in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 28, 2016 One of the largest remaining questions in understanding the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, the outmost layer of the atmosphere, is: ‘Why is this region so very hot?’.

• International day of people with disabilities

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/07/international-day-of-people-with-disabilities/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2020 3rd December is the International day of people with disabilities. The official UN page has reports, strategies and resolutions .

• OpenBibArt

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/18/openbibart/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2022 OpenBibArt provides free access to an index of journal articles and auction catalogues maintained from the databases of the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA) in Paris,...

• Expert opinions cover referees the Anthropocene and the Hillsborough Inquests

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/expert-opinions-cover-referees-the-anthropocene-and-the-hillsborough-inquests

  John Williams from the Department of Sociology has written an article for the Leicester Mercury discussing how referees should be cut a little slack to help the game survive intact.

• Equality Challenge Unit reveals Female, LGB and Ethnic Minority STEMM academics face disadvantage.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/11/equality-challenge-unit-reveals-female-lgb-and-ethnic-minority-stemm-academics-face-disadvantage/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2017 The Athena Survey of Science, Engineering and Technology (ASSET) 2016 report assessed the current experiences, expectations and perceptions of gender equality in STEMM (science,...

• Driver of equality in sport is honoured by the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/grads-kang

  A national champion of race equality in sport has been honoured by the University of Leicester.