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The Anthropocene Leicester scientists respond to criticisms of new geological epoch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/the-anthropocene-leicester-scientists-respond-to-criticisms-of-new-geological-epoch
A team of academics from our University has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene.
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Over £600,000 for University of Leicester to shrink AI algorithms for smarter spacecraft
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/shrinking-ai-spacecraft
Multidisciplinary team from University of Leicester receives £690,000 funding from UK Space Agency and aims to develop and demonstrate streamlined machine learning algorithms suitable for limited spacecraft power and computing performance
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Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award honour for Dr Suzie Imber
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/suzie-imber-rosalind-franklin
Dr Suzanne (Suzie) Imber, Associate Professor in Space Physics at the University of Leicester has been named as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture 2021.
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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.
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 19
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/19/
Introducing SKYLARK Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 The SKYLARK rocket dominates our newly-revamped foyer in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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Leicester to honour 100 years of womens suffrage with rendition of Pankhurst Anthem at graduation ceremonies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/leicester-to-honour-100-years-of-women2019s-suffrage-with-rendition-of-pankhurst-anthem-at-graduation-ceremonies
A choral work written to mark the women's vote centenary by relatives of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst is to be performed at the upcoming summer graduation ceremonies.
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Dr Hesperia Lliadou-Suppiej: Curating at the Venice Biennale
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/dr-hesperia-lliadou-suppiej
Anna Rebus, graduate of both the MA in Museum Studies and the MA in Heritage and Interpretation, discusses the path she took after obtaining her Masters from the University of Leicester.
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The Madonna of the pinks
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/madonna-of-the-pinks
RCMG was commissioned to carry out an evaluation of the impact of Raphael’s Madonna of the Pinks on young people unfamiliar with art galleries.
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Awards and collaborations
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/exoplanet-research/awards-and-collaborations
The Centre for Exoplanet research at the University of Leicester continues to form new collaborations
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Students awarded further funding to develop innovative mobile app
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/museum-studies-master2019s-students-awarded-further-funding-to-develop-innovative-mobile-app
A team from the University of Leicester has been announced as Summer of Student Innovation winners, bagging funding and support develop their edtech idea in collaboration with Jisc – a UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital...