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• Could human beings one day live on Mars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/could-human-beings-one-day-live-on-mars

  The Mars One Mission hopes to create a human settlement on Mars by the year 2025 allowing people to live on the Red Planet, albeit in an enclosed environment.

• Leicester historian takes Hairy Bikers through Yorkshires past pubs

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicester-historian-takes-hairy-bikers-through-yorkshire2019s-past-pubs

  A new BBC series following the popular Hairy Bikers on a tour of historic British pubs features a historian from our University in its opening episode, discussing the pubs of Yorkshire’s past.

• Sakura celebration: Students plant ‘symbol of Japan’ on Leicester campus

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/cherry-blossom

  The tree planting was lent special significance in the University’s Centenary year, as Leicester’s first international student, Tamotsu Shishikura, came to the University College from Tokyo to study English between 1922 and 1924.

• Welcome to the School of Criminology Blog

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/05/04/welcome-to-the-school-of-criminology-blog/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on May 4, 2023 By Prof Lisa Smith Professor of Criminology & Head of School One thing I’ve learned from studying and working in criminology and forensic psychology is that most people I...

• Literary Festival returns to Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/literary-leicester

  World-renowned authors will be heading to Leicester for one of the biggest and most diverse literary festivals in the East Midlands, taking place between 23rd – 26th March 2022.

• Jupiter awaits Junos arrival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/jupiter-awaits-juno2019s-arrival

  Stunning new images and the highest-resolution maps to date of Jupiter at thermal infrared wavelengths give a glowing view of Juno’s target, a week ahead of the NASA mission’s arrival at the giant planet.

• Glorious Debo

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/09/29/glorious-debo/

  Posted by Barbara Cooke in School of English Blog on September 29, 2014 Deborah Mitford, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, often referred to as the “last Mitford sister”, has passed away. But Debo, as she was known to friends and family, was an institution in her own right.

• 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.

• First evidence for Julius Caesars invasion of Britain discovered by Leicester team

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/first-evidence-for-julius-caesars-invasion-of-britain-discovered-by-leicester-team

  The first evidence for Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain has been discovered by a team from our School of Archaeology and Ancient History. The findings will be explored as part of the BBC Four’s Digging For Britain on Wednesday 29 November at 9:00PM.

• University of Leicester archives uncover accounts of the supernatural

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/halloween

  The University of Leicester has uncovered a series of spooky documents and images from its Library archives.