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• About the Project

  https://le.ac.uk/crime-representation-anglophone-caribbean/about-the-project

  The project addresses the complex problem of crime in Anglophone Caribbean societies from various disciplinary perspectives. Its aim is to develop our understanding of the historical, cultural, political and socioeconomic contexts of crime in the region.

• Historian reveals Benedict Cumberbatch and Richard III are cousins

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/historian-reveals-benedict-cumberbatch-and-richard-iii-are-cousins

  Leading historian and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Kevin Schürer, whose genealogy research helped to confirm the identity of King Richard III, has now discovered a link between Oscar-nominated actor Benedict Cumberbatch and the King.

• Raising a Glass to the English Wine Industry: Why we will be cracking open the English Fizz this Chr

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/12/23/raising-a-glass-to-the-english-wine-industry-why-we-will-be-cracking-open-the-english-fizz-this-christmas/

  Posted by Sarah Robinson in School of Business Blog on December 23, 2014 Senior Lecturers in Organisation Studies, Sarah Robinson and Elke Weik , get us in the seasonal spirit: Cheers! We are both wine lovers and organisational researchers, curious about the factors...

• Queen's Anniversary Prizes

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/queen-elizabeth-ii/queens-anniversary-prizes

  Celebrate the excellence with three special projects to have received royal recognition

• Rise for Leicester to 35th in latest Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/times-rankings

  The University of Leicester is on the rise in the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023, which has ranked the University 35th amongst UK Higher Education institutions.

• Matter detected falling into a black hole at 30 percent of the speed of light

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/21-matter-falling-into-a-black-hole

  A team of astronomers led by our Department of Physics and Astronomy report the first detection of matter falling into a black hole at 30% of the speed of light, located in the a distant galaxy.

• The Two Fredericks: A snapshot of male intimacy in prison

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/09/30/the-two-fredericks-cockatoo-island/

  Posted by Katy Roscoe in Carceral Archipelago on September 30, 2016 In the 1840s, campaigners for the abolition of convict transportation engaged in a campaign of scare-mongering about the prevalence of sexual acts between male convicts (dubbed “unnatural acts”).

• Space power: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Shock Test Success

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/rtg-shock-test

  The University of Leicester 's Space Nuclear Power group has put their Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator through a shock test to prepare it for the harsh environment of a launch or planetary surface landing

• Launch yourself into the space industry with new conversion course for professionals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/space-missions

  Led by University of Leicester and run in partnership with space law practice Alden Legal and Meridian Space Command, the new course covers the entire space mission lifecycle from conception through to operations

• Asteroid fragments narrow down timeframe for giant planets’ current orbits

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/giant-planet-instability

  University of Leicester-led study suggests that the orbital instability of the giant planets happened between 60-100 million years after the beginning of the Solar System, with evidence found in meteorites linked to asteroid believed to be remains of a destroyed planetesimal