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Award-winning TV space scientist explores Space Park Leicester’s latest innovations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/tv-space-scientist-maggie-space-park-leicester-innovations
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Chancellor of the University of Leicester, recently had an exclusive tour of its £100 million science and innovation park, Space Park Leicester
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Silent witnesses: corals pinpoint the start of deforestation in Borneo
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/corals-pinpoint-deforestation-borneo
University of Leicester scientists analyse the chemical composition of corals to spot the signs of deforestation, filling a huge gap in environmental data on deforestation impacting coastal ecosystems
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Emeritus Professor Ron Whittam FRS
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/ron-whittam
The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of Emeritus Professor Ronald Whittam FRS.
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Bioinformatics and Cancer Molecular Biology MSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/bioinformatics-and-cancer-molecular-biology-msc/2026
This is for you if...you want to combine your interest in computing and bioinformatics with the study of the molecular and cell biology of cancer to develop a career in biological research.
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Backward schedule your Christmas turkey (under finite resources)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/12/06/backward-schedule-your-christmas-turkey-under-finite-resources/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on December 6, 2017 In this week’s blog, Dr Nicola Bateman, Associate Professor Operations Management ( nab34@le.ac.uk ) uses operations management to get all the bits of your Christmas dinner on the table at the same time.
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From English sparkling wine to digital protests in China
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/from-english-sparkling-wine-to-digital-protests-in-china
In the latest in a series of opinion pieces Drs Sarah Robinson and Elke Weik from the School of Management have written an article for the Management is Too Important Not to Debate blog discussing what makes English sparkling wine so special.
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New study pinpoints arts humanities and social science graduates skills
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-study-pinpoints-arts-humanities-and-social-science-graduates2019-skills
A new study has defined for the first time the skills that graduates of our University develop by studying arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) degrees.
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Inherited herpesvirus study finds links to ancient humans
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/inherited-herpesvirus-study-finds-links-to-ancient-humans
An international study of integrated HHV-6 led by our University has discovered that a small number of human ancestors, one from about 24,000 years ago, have been responsible for transmitting ancient strains of the virus to individuals today – affecting about a million people...
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Violence against women and girls
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/09/violence-against-women-and-girls/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 9, 2018 #HerStoryOurStory – a joint campaign which aims to raise awareness of the prevalence and impact of violence against women and girls, has been launched jointly by the UN and EU The...
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Two new Chinese Internet archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/09/two-new-chinese-internet-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 9, 2013 …from the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library, UCLA . Both capture snapshots of chinese websites periodically since 2012, preserving the content and can be searched by keyword.