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Cleared for takeoff how Santas sleigh takes to the skies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/cleared-for-take-off-how-santa2019s-sleigh-takes-to-the-skies
Santa Claus’s reindeer will be in need of a good rest after their Christmas Eve capers based on a study by fourth year Master's students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, who have estimated the velocity required to provide enough lift force to get his sleigh...
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New research reveals the man behind Samuel Pepys’s love for portraits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/27-samuel-pepys-portraits
Samuel Pepys, the Restoration diarist who meticulously documented his life in 1660s London, also documented himself in other ways – through portraits.
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Introducing Leicester’s Juno Team, University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/16/introducing-leicesters-juno-team/
Introduction to the University of Leicester's Jupiter scientists.
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Unveiling Women’s History at the University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/01/03/unveiling-womens-history-at-the-university-of-leicester/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on January 3, 2019 About the University of Leicester Established in 1921 as a memorial to those who served in the First World War, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland College had humble origins.
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University of Leicester calls for young to lead City Classroom partnership’s direction
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/classroom
The University of Leicester is asking young people to lead the way in the next phase of The City Classroom, Leicestershire’s local cultural education partnership.
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Monitoring Jupiter’s Atmospheric Heartbeat over Three Decades
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2020/08/24/monitoring-jupiters-atmospheric-heartbeat-over-three-decades/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on August 24, 2020 Long-term infrared monitoring of Jupiter’s equatorial stratosphere over three decades revealed a natural cycle of variable winds and temperatures.
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Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester: The School of Criminology and S
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/page/3/
The School of Criminology and Sociology: follow us to find out who we are and what we do.
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The Politics of Women’s Suffrage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/11/22/the-politics-of-womens-suffrage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2021 The Politics of Women’s Suffrage edited by Alexandra Hughes-Johnson and Lyndsey Jenkins. A new open-access book from the School of Advanced study, University of London.
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Women’s roles in peace processes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/womens-roles-in-peace-processes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 A great site from the Council on Foreign Relations which has data on female participation from 1990 onwards.
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World’s Muslims: Unity and Diversity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/17/worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2012 http://www.pewforum.org/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-executive-summary.