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• Leicester scientist heads to Westminster

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-scientist-heads-to-westminster

  On Tuesday 13 March, PhD student at our University Katie Raymer will be attending Voice of the Future 2018- a unique event offering young scientists and engineers the opportunity to quiz key political figures at the Houses of Parliament about science policy.

• Leicester team to feature on University Challenge Christmas series

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/university-challenge

  As well as providing the 1963-winning team, the University of Leicester has also seen other firsts: in 1974, Sandya Narayansami became the first Indian woman to compete on the show, her team beating St John’s College, Oxford.

• Free comedy theatre show on Victorian mental health treatments

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/04-time-travel-treatment

  Audiences are being invited to take a step back into the Victorian Era on Thursday 7 November for a free event at the University of Leicester taking a comical look at the historical diagnosis and treatments for mental health issues.

• University of Leicester historian celebrates double book prize win

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/anderson

  Clare Anderson, Professor of History and Director of the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, has won the Social History Society Book Prize 2024 and the Australian Historical Association’s biennial Kay Daniels Award 2024, for her book Convicts: A Global History.

• If you don’t know where you’re going you’ll end up somewhere else

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/11/03/if-you-dont-know-where-youre-going-youll-end-up-somewhere-else/

  Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on November 3, 2016 When I was growing up in a small farming community in the west of Ireland there weren’t many options for a teenager on a Saturday night.

• Ground-breaking view of the cosmos revealed at Space Park Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/13/ground-breaking-view-of-the-cosmos-revealed-at-space-park-leicester/

  Astounding images telling the story of a hidden universe through every phase of its cosmic history have been revealed for the first time at Space Park Leicester.

• Leicester PhD student sets her sights on success thanks to award for telescope research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/phd-student-award-telescope-research

  Natasha Carr from the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy has received the Florence and Johnstone Stoney Award from the British Federation of Women Graduates

• Discovering Collections Discovering Communities

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/15/discovering-collections-discovering-communities/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on October 15, 2015 This week I attended the Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities conference in the impressive Lowry Centre at Salford Quays.

• Literature

  https://le.ac.uk/own-write/resources/literature

  The literature on pauper letters and the lives of the poor has grown considerably over the last two decades. Explore literature associated with the project.

• Your arrival

  https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-arrival

  Get ready to start enjoying everything the University and the city have to offer by making sure you’ve completed the final formalities.