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First UV/X-ray study of star PDS 70 offers insight into planetary formation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/06-planetary-formation
star formation star formation from nasa and space telescope science institute ©NASA and Space Telescope Science Institute|A Leicester-led team of astronomers, working as part of an international consortium, have made a breakthrough discovery which changes our...
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Sensory Reading: New Approaches to Teaching and Learning GCSE English Literature
https://le.ac.uk/research/projects/sensory-reading
Led by Professor Phil Shaw and Dr Scott Freer in the Department of English, ‘Sensory Reading’ aims to develop outreach opportunities arising from Phil Shaw’s AHRC Leadership Fellow project, Wordsworth 2020.
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From Gin Lane to Westminster: politics, culture and society in the age of Walpole
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3717
Module code: HS3717/3718 Module Outline The eighteenth century is a particularly exciting period to study as it is a period of genuine transition from the early modern period, dominated by confessional politics and an agrarian economy, to the modern era of urbanisation and...
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New exercise app using space data aims to help those with long-term health conditions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/p-step
A personalised new exercise app for people with long-term health conditions including heart and lung disease and diabetes is set to be piloted by researchers from the University of Leicester.
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Disturbed sleep may partially explain Long COVID breathlessness, find researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/covid-and-sleep
A major UK study has discovered that the disturbed sleep patterns in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 was likely to be a driver of breathlessness
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Leicester combines expertise with NASA to power spacecraft into new frontiers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/rhu-stirling-1-770
University of Leicester signs International Space Act Agreement with NASA to support collaboration between Space Park Leicester and NASA’s Glenn Research Center on a novel Radioisotope Power System design and laboratory test campaign
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University of Leicester’s insights from JWST to be showcased at Space Telescope Science Institute
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/jwst-showcased-space-telescope-science-institute-770
Professor Leigh Fletcher to give the 2025 ESA Distinguished Lecture at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore on 30 October and will showcase University of Leicester work with James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on the outer planets
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Students given exclusive chance to meet an astronaut, see a space suit demonstration and learn about human space exploration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/26-students-dr-franco-malerba-italian-astronaut
a spacecraft launching into space|Italy’s first astronaut talks to University of Leicester, MSc Space Exploration Systems students Italy’s first astronaut to fly in space, Dr Franco Malerba, is visiting the University of Leicester to talk to MSc Space Exploration Systems...
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Richard III’s discovery takes to the stage at the Royal Institution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/23-richard-iii-royal-institution-haldene-lecture
Richard III geneticist Professor Turi King to give prestigious JBS Haldane Lecture on Monday 26 November 2018.
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Leap in modelling human impact on climate may lead to early warning of climate disasters
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/tipping-points
Mathematicians led by the University of Leicester have applied statistical mechanics to climate change detection and attribution for first time, showing how to separate the ‘signal’ of human-made climate change from the ‘noise’ of natural climate fluctuations