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• Magnifying the Past with JWST

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/28/magnifying-the-past-with-jwst/

  In this guest blog post by Leicester student Roshni Bakrania, which summarises a ResearchBites talk by Dr. Henrik Melin, we explore the results from the first few months of observations by JWST.

• New scientific technique helps catch wildlife criminals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/peregrine-falcon

  DNA tests co-developed by scientists from the University of Leicester and Scotland’s wildlife forensic lab are helping to catch criminals involved in the illegal sale of protected bird species.

• Carbon dating and analysis

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/carbon-dating

  How old are the bones found under the Greyfriars church? Clearly they can’t be any more recent than the Dissolution of 1538. But if they are earlier than 1485, then they can’t be Richard’s remains.

• Reach for the stars with Leicester at GREAT Festival of Innovation 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/reach-for-the-stars-with-leicester-at-great-festival-of-innovation-2018

  The University of Leicester will bring the wonders of the Universe to Hong Kong as part of the UK government’s GREAT Festival of Innovation, which launches its fifty-day countdown from today (30 January).

• TEDx comes to Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/tedx-comes-to-leicester

  Some of Leicester’s best known institutions and organisations are getting behind an inspiring event, which is set to bring some of the Leicester’s best thinkers and community activists to the city this year.

• Developing literacy with children in key stage 2

  https://le.ac.uk/law/research/previous-research-projects/developing-literacy-with-children-in-key-stage-2

  Undergraduate law students design, develop and deliver interactive workshops for schools. Each workshop was designed to develop children’s ‘legal literacy’.

• Enhancing our use of Blackboard – Ideas from the Bb Teaching and Learning Conference 2018

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/04/20/enhancing-our-use-of-blackboard-ideas-from-the-bb-teaching-and-learning-conference-2018/

  Posted by Catherine Leyland in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on April 20, 2018 In this post I want to share some ideas from the Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference I attended in Manchester last week about how we can enhance our use of...

• Exploring Mercury – National Space Centre Q&A with Dr. Suzie Imber

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/03/18/exploring-mercury-national-space-centre-qa-with-dr-suzie-imber/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 March 2021 Join special guest Dr Suzie Imber from our School of Physics and Astronomy for a free Facebook Live Q&A session about the past, present and future of exploring the planet Mercury, Friday 19...

• International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths returns for its second year

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/avoidable-deaths-network

  Read more information about Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths

• IBM to create first UK services centre in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/ibm-to-create-first-uk-services-centre-in-leicester

  The University of Leicester has played an important role in securing the move of global information technology company IBM to the city.