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• Physics and Astronomy June 2021 Digest

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/07/01/physics-and-astronomy-june-2021-digest/

  With exams now behind us, and hopefully a pleasant summer ahead, the Physics Community Team want to share some of the recent highlights from the news blog in May and June 2021.

• Transformative exhibition ‘Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles’ arriving in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/attenborough-arts-centre-material-worlds

  Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles Attenborough Arts Centre 30 January – 3 May 2026 Attenborough Arts Centre presents Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles, an ambitious group exhibition exploring how artists are using textiles in surprising and...

• War and the Culture of Childhood in the Long Nineteenth Century

  https://le.ac.uk/english/research/research-projects/past-projects/war-culture-childhood

  The War and the Culture of Childhood in the Long Nineteenth Century project focused on children within conflicts of Empire during the nineteenth century. Learn more about the project.

• University of Leicester receives grant from Movember to help develop peer support programme for senior leaders in UK Police Force

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/movember-police-support

  Up to 250 police superintendents across police forces in England and Wales will soon benefit from a peer support programme designed to support their wellbeing transitioning into senior leadership and later retirement, thanks to a programme developed by the University of...

• Project to strengthen reputation with South American mining sector

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/project-to-strengthen-reputation-with-south-american-mining-sector

  A geologist from our University has been awarded a ‘Chile Prosperity Fund’ from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, aimed at developing and delivering Continuing Professional Development (CPD) short courses for the Chilean mining industry.

• Top 100 UK employers increasingly target students from our University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/top-100-uk-employers-increasingly-target-students-from-our-university

  The UK’s 100 best-known graduate employers are increasingly targeting students from our University according to a major new report on the graduate job market. Leicester has risen to its highest ever ranking - 23rd - among UK universities with the most sought-after students.

• Researchers find alternative way to extract high purity silver from used solar panels

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/bsf-solar-cells

  A a new way of extracting valuable metals from end-of-life solar panels has been developed.

• Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/wolf-hall-thomas-more-and-the-turks

  Professor Norman Housley from the School of History has written an article about the BBC drama 'Wolf Hall', which portrays aspects of Tudor life, including diction, with what he describes as 'outstanding' historical accuracy.

• Space Park Leicester to showcase science behind pioneering instruments

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/showcase-science-pioneering-instruments

  Staff from Space Park Leicester will attend Space-Comm Expo at the ExCel, London on 4-5 March to highlight both the BepiColombo Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) instrument and the SMILE SXI instrument.

• Monday 7th January 2013 Sol 150

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/07/monday-7th-january-2013-sol-150/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 7, 2013 The recent images of sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife are creating a lot of interest within and beyond the MSL science team.