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• UK plays leading role as landmark mission launches to unlock secrets of Earth’s magnetic shield

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/landmark-mission-launches-earth-magnetic-shield-smile

  SMILE launches to provide first complete picture of how Earth’s magnetic field responds to the solar wind, improving predictions of solar storms that disrupt GPS, communications and power grids.

• Geologists uncover ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for precious metals in Earth’s crust

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/goldilocks-zone

  Leicester research has identified a new ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in the Earth’s crust which could provide metals vital to the green revolution.

• Our Space Heritage: Public event to celebrate Leicester’s long-standing space expertise

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/our-space-heritage

  Professor Pounds, who was also guest of honour at the opening of Leicester’s new Space Research Centre earlier this year, said: “Moving to a lectureship in Leicester from the UCL Rocket Group – with a doctoral thesis still incomplete – reflected the pace of change in the...

• Card play and art reveals children’s views of surrogacy for first time

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/children-voices-surrogacy

  Children born from or with experience of surrogacy were asked for their views in a study led by University of Leicester that marks the first time children’s voices will be included in surrogacy law reform.

• World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/worlds-women-2015-trends-and-statistics/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics.   Launched by the UN this week.  Data on population, health, education, work, power, violence, poverty.

• World Bank’s Open Budgets portal

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/10/world-banks-open-budgets-portal/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2014 World Bank’s Open Budgets portal  aims to provide a one-stop shop to locate national and sub-national regional  budget economic data from about 40 nations involved in the...

• The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 – 1982)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/22/the-australian-womens-weekly-1933-1982/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2013 Freely available on National Australian web service, Trove: http://trove.nla.gov.au/aww This title has one of the largest circulations of popular women’s magazines in Australia.

• Breakthrough in lung cancer treatment is based on University of Leicester specialist’s 20 year old discovery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/dean-fennell

  A breakthrough in treatment for an aggressive fatal lung disease has been made thanks to a two decades’ old discovery by a University of Leicester cancer specialist.

• New ‘explant’ technique predicts a tumour’s responsiveness to breast cancer treatment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/breast-cancer

  Cancer researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a technique that could predict how well some breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy and antibody-directed cancer treatments

• Aalok’s Clearing experience shows it’s never too late to rethink your path

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/aalok-clearing-experience-never-too-late-rethink-path

  Exam results day isn't too late to have a change of heart about where you want to head for university.