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  • Explosive moment in the media

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/explosive-moment-in-the-media

    University geologist Dr David Hawthorn, who set up equipment near the former city council HQ to record the effects of the controlled demolition of the site, has published his results. Dr David Hawthorn is a seismologist in our Department of Geology.

  • Earth observation images reveal extent of ferocious forest fires in Siberia

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/siberian-fires

    According to Russia’s forestry agency, this year’s fires have ravaged more than 14m hectares, making it the second-worst fire season since the turn of the century.

  • Leicester co-founds UK Nuclear Deterrence Network

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-founder-member-uk-nuclear-deterrence-network

    The University of Leicester has joined partners to launch a network which will examine and assess nuclear deterrence and inform UK nuclear policy.

  • Medical initiative and archaeology project scoop prestigious Times Higher Education Awards

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/times-higher-award-winners-2025

    Projects at the University of Leicester have been awarded prestigious Times Higher Education Awards

  • Ruth David (1929-2020)

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/ruth-david

    Ruth’s last visit to the University of Leicester, 26 November 2019.|The David Wilson Library holds copies of Ruth's memoirs, A Child of Her Time, and of Lifelines, a volume of letters she and her parents exchanged before they were deported to Auschwitz.

  • Pterosaurs undergo dental examination to reveal clues about diets and lifestyles

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/pterosaur-ecology

    Microscopic analysis of the teeth of pterosaurs has revealed new insights into the diets and behaviours of Earth’s earliest flying reptiles.

  • Students need “clarity and consistency”, says Leicester Vice-Chancellor

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/clarity-a-level-results-nishan-canagarajah

    The University of Leicester has today responded to the Government’s decision to base students’ A level and GCSE results on their teachers’ assessments.

  • University of Leicester space scientist appointed trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/emma-bunce-rmg

    Professor of Planetary Plasma Physics Emma Bunce has worked on multiple international space missions and has been appointed a trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich, including the ‘birthplace of modern astronomy’, the Royal Observatory Greenwich

  • A chance to talk about gibbeting and hanging in France? Yes, please! By Emma Battell Lowman

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/02/22/parlons-du-gibbet-en-france/

    Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on February 22, 2016   One of the joys of academic work is participating in study days or workshops that bring together a diverse group of scholars to approach a theme or issue from multiple vantage.

  • Videos highlight Leicesters leading space expertise

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/videos-highlight-leicesters-leading-space-expertise-at-great-festival

    Leicester’s leading expertise in cutting-edge space research has been showcased in a series of videos captured during the GREAT Festival of Innovation in Hong Kong, which is organised by the UK’s Department for International Trade and took place in March of this year.

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