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Wonders of space inspire students at special camp
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/wonders-space-inspire-students-camp
Five-day camp at SaxaVord Spaceport supported by Space Park Leicester
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Urine test is breakthrough for high blood pressure patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/urine-test-is-breakthrough-for-high-blood-pressure-patients
A research team including Leicester scientists has shown that a urine test leads to a drop in blood pressure in patients who had been struggling to regularly take their blood pressure lowering tablets.
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AstRoSoc Success in the UKSEDS Satellite Design Competition – SatXTeam
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/17/astrosoc-success-in-the-ukseds-satellite-design-competition-satxteam/
Congratulations to the SatXTeam for their success in the UKSEDs Satellite Design Competition with their satellite Cubesat NF1.
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James Webb Space Telescope’s coolest instrument captures Large Magellanic Cloud
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/04/28/james-webb-space-telescopes-coolest-instrument-captures-large-magellanic-cloud/
The UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), has now opened its eye to the sky.
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Shutdown STEM and Academia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/08/shutdown-stem-and-academia/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 July 2020 Leicester physicists organise an informative workshop day for postgraduate researchers about the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Economic History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ec2034
Module: EC2034 In this module we take a global view of a very long span of history. We cover topics from Latin America, Africa and the Far East, from the Middle Ages to the middle of the 20th Century.
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Economic History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ec2034
Module: EC2034 In this module we take a global view of a very long span of history. We cover topics from Latin America, Africa and the Far East, from the Middle Ages to the middle of the 20th Century.
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Accommodation
https://le.ac.uk/study/accommodation
Explore accommodation at Leicester. You can live at the heart of the undergraduate experience, nearer the city or in privately rented housing.
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Public lecture will see experts discuss how to police sexual violence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/scarman
Sexual violence against women and girls in Britain will be discussed by experts in a public lecture at University of Leicester this month.
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The right rubber for the job
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/the-importance-of-using-the-right-rubber-for-the-job
Researchers from the Department of Geology have discovered that when it comes to rubbers, textured surfaces, and reproduction, more fluid formulations have greater reliability than those that are thick and sticky.