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Zahir Hussain
https://le.ac.uk/people/zahir-hussain
The academic profile of Dr Zahir Hussain BA MA (Cantab) PhD MRAeS FHEA, Lecturer (A\ Professor) in Fluid Dynamics at University of Leicester
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Sarah Drabble Prize
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate/prizes/sarah-drabble-prize
Browse the recipients of the Sarah Drabble Prize, a prize for undergraduate students in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leicester.
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Activities and events
https://le.ac.uk/wordsworth-2020/events
Find out about past events and future events for the Wordsworth 2020 AHRC funded project for English research at Leicester.
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Deborah Sawday
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2021/deborah-sawday
Deborah Mary Anne Sawday 11th July 1944 to 19th October 2021 University of Leicester Archaeological Services are sad to announce the death of Deborah Sawday on Tuesday 19th October, at the age of 77, after a long illness.
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Doctoral Inaugural Lecture by Dr. Sam Turnpenney
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/27/doctoral-inaugural-lecture-by-dr-sam-turnpenney/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 27 September 2021 On Wednesday starting at 5pm, Sam Turnpenney, an alumni of Physics, is one of two recent graduates presenting their Doctoral Inaugural Lecture.
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Solar System samples touch down in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/winchcombe-hayabusa2
Samples from other worlds have touched down in Leicester, to be analysed by space scientists studying the building blocks of our Solar System.
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Leicester research at national Festival of Social Science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/cartoonathon
Three early-career researchers at the University of Leicester have joined forces with a multi-award winning education platform to deliver a unique ‘Cartoonathon’ at a national Festival of Social Science.
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Parchment used in immersive experience
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-3/
10. A full-size piece of vellum (calf-skin) suspended on a frame and prepared ready for writing on. The pattern of the animal's spine can still be seen running along the central length of the vellum.
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Helen Ward
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/hjw24/
Library Assistant Archives and Special Collections
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Contents of display case draw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-4/
9. Scrapers like this were used to remove hair and fat from the animal skin used to make parchment. The scents of Frankincense, Myrrh and Lubanja are sometimes retained within the folios of a manuscript and can still be smelt if we are lucky enough to get close enough.