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                    Leicester Space at the British Science Festivalhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/09/13/leicester-space-at-the-british-science-festival/ British Science Festival-goers will be treated to some incredible events courtesy of experts from the University of Leicester. 
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                    About the Institutehttps://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/about The Institute for Environmental Futures is an interdisciplinary initiative bringing together researchers from across the University of Leicester: from the College of Science and Engineering, College of Life Sciences and College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. 
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                    Who was Richard III?https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/who-was-richard-iii A brief primer on the last Plantagenet king of England and his links with Leicester. 
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                    An Interview with DiscoverPhDshttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/08/03/an-interview-with-discoverphds/ Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 3 August 2020 Leicester physicist interviewed by DiscoverPhDs to help future PhD students, written by Harneet Sangha. One of our final year PhD students, Harneet Sangha, was recently interviewed by online platform DiscoverPhDs. 
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                    Dr Suzie Imber inspires young girls to pursue careers in space sciencehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/dr-suzie-imber-inspires-young-girls-to-pursue-careers-in-space-science Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy recently appeared in an episode of Channel 4’s ‘The Secret Life of 4 and 5 Year Olds’ where she spoke to young girls about pursuing a career in space science. 
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                    Retailer who backs scientific initiatives is honoured by University of Leicesterhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/honorand-will-adderley A successful Leicestershire retailer who set up a trust to fund scientific initiatives has been honoured by the University of Leicester. 
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                    Digital Serviceshttps://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/professional-services/digital-services We are Digital Services. We are responsible for the sustainable provision of core IT infrastructure and digital solutions across the University. 
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                    A giant black hole in the Milky Wayhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/04/30/a-giant-black-hole-in-the-milky-way/ Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 April 2024 A sleeping giant The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has discovered a black hole 33 times the mass of the Sun. It is in the constellation Aquila, less than 2000 light-years from Earth. 
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                    Convicts, Collecting and Knowledge Production in the Nineteenth Centuryhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/07/27/convicts-collecting-and-knowledge-production-in-the-nineteenth-century/ Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on July 27, 2015 In previous blogs, I have explored some of the circulations and connections that linked nations, colonies and empires, and wove together practices of punishment and penal labour across polities and imperial spaces. 
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                    Theories of Risk, Crisis and Disastershttps://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mn7631 Module code: MN7631 During the last forty years, risk has increasingly become of interest to social analysts and practitioners. Risk, however, is not a new problem.