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Student calculates which colour lightsaber would be most powerful
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/student-calculates-which-colour-lightsaber-would-be-most-powerful
Aspiring Jedi Knights will be happy to learn that the red lightsabers used by their enemies, the Sith, are likely the weakest type available on the futuristic arms market, while a purple lightsaber would be the strongest, based on calculations made by a student from our...
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The deterioration of US-China security relations during the Obama Presidency
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/the-deterioration-of-u-s-china-security-relations-during-the-obama-presidency
A new book by Dr James Johnson from our School of History, Politics and International Relations will unravel the deterioration of US-China security relations during the Obama Presidency. The book, ‘The U.S.
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Vile Bodies: The photograph! The painting! The half-finished book!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/04/14/duncanm/
A biographical article by Duncan McClaren on Waugh's first marriage and the writing of Vile Bodies.
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Research unearths viral image of Labour Party leader
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/apartheid-research-project-unearths-viral-image-of-labour-party-leader
If you have been paying attention to the mainstream media coverage surrounding Jeremy Corbyn in recent months, chances are you may have seen this photo (right) before - it was reproduced during the Labour Party leadership contest and immediately after Jeremy...
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Final poppy wreaths to be laid as University of Leicester honours region’s wartime sacrifices
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/poppy-pilgrimage-2022
18 poppy wreaths will be laid by University of Leicester at war memorials across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Soul
https://le.ac.uk/food-drink/outlets/soul
Find out more about the Soul food outlet in the Students' Union on Leicester central campus.
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1st December 2014 Sol 825
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/01/1st-december-2014-sol-825/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 1, 2014 This NavCam image shows a dusty view of Mt Sharp and its layers. It is a sign that we are very close to summer solstice again.
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Older dissertations
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study/postgraduate/dissertations-and-theses/older-dissertations
2010 BOWEN, J. A landscape of improvement: the impact of James Loch, chief agent to the Marquis of Stafford on the Lilleshall estate, Shropshire, 1720-1820. DAVIDSON, E. The evolution and secularisation of the funeral in Leicester and Leicestershire, 1830-2010.
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Wendy Hickling OBE, JP, DL (1936-2017)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/wendy-hickling
“In our rooms, with outstretched arms you could touch each wall. You were allowed five items on your dressing table and nothing on the radiator. If you contravened this rule your surplus items were confiscated and you had to pay to get them back.
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Politics and War in Outer Space
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pl3144
Module code: PL3144 Space is more than just rocket science. It is an under-examined geopolitical environment and frontier of International Relations and it is undergoing vast changes as space is opened up for multipolar power politics and corporate profit-making.