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• Talking Loud and Clear

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2019/06/06/talking-loud-and-clear/

  Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on June 6, 2019 I guess it must be the time of year, but recently reading about students in Ireland doing their Leaving Certificate examinations I was reminded of the warm summer (past summers always seem warmer) when...

• George Harrison

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/george-harrison

  We have learned, with sadness, of the passing of George Anthony Harrison, who lectured in history from the 1960s to the 1990s and remained a familiar figure on campus for many years afterwards. George passed away on 22 January 2025, aged 87.

• The biggest subject on Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/the-biggest-subject-on-earth

  It really is the biggest subject on Earth - the story of a whole planet, what it’s made of, how it works, how it developed over 4.

• Tempest rocket to map quality of the air we breathe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/tempest-rocket-to-map-quality-of-the-air-we-breathe

  In what is thought to be a world’s first, a rocket equipped with air pollution monitoring equipment developed by University scientists from the Department of Physics and Astronomy led by Dr Roland Leigh (pictured) is due to be launched on Wednesday 4...

• The schoolboy sketches of John Leech

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/05/the-schoolboy-sketches-of-john-leech/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 5, 2017 The artist and illustrator John Leech, who became one of the foremost contributors to Punch and created the artwork for some of Dickens’ most popular works, notably A Christmas Carol , was born in 1817...

• PhD student challenging the scientist stereotype at Soapbox Science event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/phd-student-challenging-the-scientist-stereotype-at-soapbox-science-event

  A Leicester PhD student will be speaking about her involvement in Leicester’s Juno group at an outreach event aimed at increasing the visibility of women in science.

• Law alumnus appointed to Government role

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/law-alumnus-appointed-to-government-role

  A Leicester Law alumnus has been appointed as a Government foreign minister. Dr Addirdeiry Ahmed, who was awarded his PhD in Law by the University of Leicester in 2013, has recently been appointed Foreign Minister of Sudan.

• A Scholarly Edition of Richard Baxters Reliquiae Baxterianae

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/a-scholarly-edition-of-richard-baxters-reliquiae-baxterianae

  AHRC Research Grant September 2011-August 2014 Professor John Coffey Richard Baxter’s 800-page folio Reliquiae Baxterianae (1696) is an unrivalled primary source for early modern historical, ecclesiastical, cultural and literary studies.

• Leicester scientist lends expertise to new Jack the Ripper book

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-scientist-lends-expertise-to-new-jack-the-ripper-book

  Bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell is due to release Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert on 28 February, a comprehensive and intriguing exposé of one of the world’s most chilling cases of serial murder—and the police force that failed to solve it.

• Genetic switch discovery could help to prevent symptoms of Parkinsons disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/genetic-switch-discovery-could-help-to-prevent-symptoms-of-parkinsons-disease

  A genetic ‘switch’ has been discovered by MRC researchers at our University which could help to prevent or delay the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.