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Annual lecture archive
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/annual-lecture/annual-lecture-archive
Browse the archive of past annual lectures hosted by the Centre for Victorian Studies
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Rethinking nuclear weapons strategies
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/nuclear-button
Our research has been influential in raising international awareness of nuclear threats, encouraging governments and policymakers to modernise their thinking.
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Cleaning up the oil industry
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/cleaning-oil-industry
Crude oil spills are one of the worst environmental disasters. Professor Hongbiao Dong explains the importance of moving away from fossil fuels, and how new welding techniques are reducing pipeline failure rates.
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Male DNA cracks crime and illuminates history
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/dna-and-crime
Professor Mark Jobling discusses how research into the Y-chromosome helps in solving crime.
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18th January 2015 Sol 872
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/18/18th-january-2015-sol-872/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 18, 2015 Unlike Curiosity the Beagle2 lander never sent a signal back from Mars. However, as a result of some new HiRISE images we now know where it is and what happened.
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22nd August 2013 Sol 371
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/22/22nd-august-2013-sol-371/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 22, 2013 Mars has two moons Phobos – about 22km diameter, and Deimos which is about half that. MastCam has recently imaged an occultation where Phobos passed in front of the more distant Deimos.
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Poor UK managers are rewarded with bonuses
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/poor-uk-managers-are-rewarded-with-bonuses/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 According to the National Management Salary Survey from CMI , 45% of under-performing managers received a bonus. The average is over £8,000 .
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Introducing AstRoSoc: Our Astronomy and Rocketry Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/30/introducing-astrosoc-our-astronomy-and-rocketry-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 September 2020 AstRoSoc is the University of Leicester’s Astronomy and Rocketry Society! If your Curiosity has led you to seek a deeper InSight into the Universe around you, we hold regular...
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Astronomy seminar – Wednesday 9th June. 3pm. Dr Rebeca Garcia Lopez
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/09/astronomy-seminar-wed-9th-june-3pm/
The inner regions of protoplanetary disks: an interferometric view
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The “Wall of Women” visits the School of Physics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/03/20/the-wall-of-women-visits-the-school-of-physics/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 March 2020 The School of Physics celebrates International Women’s Day Thank you to all the amazing women who contribute to this department! International Women’s Day is a day on which the social, cultural,...