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• Fellowship schemes

  https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/lias/fellowship-schemes

  Learn more about fellowship schemes within the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies.

• The Hidden Hate Podcast Series

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/05/18/the-hidden-hate-podcast-series/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on May 18, 2023 By Amy Clarke Research Fellow, Centre for Hate Studies In the summer of 2022, the Centre for Hate Studies (CHS) created a brand-new podcast series, Hidden Hate, hosted by...

• Optics

  https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/mixs/optics

  The MIXS optics were designed with inspiration from a lobster’s eye. This is because instead of using lenses, like how our eyes work, it uses mirrors to reflect the light. There are lots of small channels that allow the X-rays to be reflected and focused onto the detector.

• Study reveals mysteries of enzyme mechanism

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-reveals-mysteries-of-enzyme-mechanism

  An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its structure using a beam of neutrons from the heart of a nuclear reactor.

• Sir David Attenborough highlights destruction of the natural world within a generation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/sir-david-attenborough-highlights-destruction-of-the-natural-world-within-a-generation

  Renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough opened a new £1.5million galleries wing at Attenborough Arts Centre – the building championed by his late brother Lord Attenborough.

• 'The Isolated Baronet' Calke Abbey and RCMG address contemporary isolation and loneliness

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/research/case-studies/isolated-baronet

  Read more about ideas relating to contemporary isolation and loneliness - a research project led by the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries.

• Leicester expands international offer for student placements

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/turing-scheme

  Leicester students will be offered even more global opportunities to enhance their studies in the next academic year, funded by a major UK Government project.

• Renowned street artist creates ghostimage of famous playwright Joe Orton in library

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/renowned-street-artist-creates-ghost-image-of-famous-playwright-joe-orton-in-library

  A renowned street artist has spray-painted a ‘ghost image’ of playwright Joe Orton in our Library – which he hopes will encourage people to reflect on the legacy of the writer.

• Jurassic calamari: amazing fossil proves that flying reptiles preyed on squid

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-pterosaur-vs-squid

  Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, flying close to the water surface to grab soft-bodied cephalopods such as Plesioteuthis subovata. Artwork by C Klug and Beat Scheffold.|An incredible fossil brought to light in a new research paper reveals the feeding habits of extinct flying reptiles.

• University of Leicester staff blogs Georgian chocolate-making rooms open to the public after 300 yea

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/03/27/georgian-chocolate-making-rooms-open-to-public-after-300-years/

  Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on March 27, 2014 [From a University of Leicester Press Release] The Georgian royal chocolate-making rooms at Hampton Court Palace have been rediscovered and are open to the public for the first time in almost 300 years – and...