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Celebrating Leicester’s live music heritage as Radio 2 comes to town
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/gigs
While some of pop’s biggest names will be descending on Leicester this weekend for Radio 2 In The Park, it’s not the first time some of them have graced a stage within the LE1 postcode.
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MRC Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/study/undergraduate/dissertation-prize
See records of the annual Medieval Research Centre prize for the best undergraduate dissertation in medieval studies. The prize was set up in 2007 in memory of A G and A L Postles.
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Chicken and egg mystery solved in new DNA book for younger readers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/dna-childrens-book
New children’s book about genetics answers the age-old question of which came first, written by genetics experts working at the University of Leicester and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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Major endorsement for new space mission to find ‘Earth 2.0’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/luvoir
Initial designs show some similarities to JWST, with a segmented telescope assembly and large sunshade to be deployed in orbit. But LUVOIR would boast a segmented mirror up to 16m in diameter – compared to the current record 6m diameter array fitted to JWST.
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Joyce Margaret Chapman (1926-2021)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2021/joyce-chapman
The University has learned, with sadness, of the passing of Joyce Chapman. Joyce's daughter Kay has provided the following obituary and photographs. Joyce was married to the late Aubrey Chapman and had six children.
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Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/29/
Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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Geographical Research in the Field (Human Geography Overseas Field Course)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy2415
Module code: GY2415 In semester two of the second year, Human Geographers take a field course training module that culminates in a one week international field course to Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Geographical Research in the Field (Human Geography Overseas Field Course)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy2415
Module code: GY2415 In semester two of the second year, Human Geographers take a field course training module that culminates in a one week international field course to Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Geographical Research in the Field (Human Geography Overseas Field Course)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy2415
Module code: GY2415 In semester two of the second year, Human Geographers take a field course training module that culminates in a one week international field course to Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Strengthening the link in SMILE
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/24/strengthening-the-link-in-smile/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 June 2021 Dr. Jenny Carter blogs about Leicester’s involvement in the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission, scheduled for launch in 2024 .