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Cutting-edge telescope built at University of Leicester makes final departure to join SMILE mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/smile
The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI), led by University of Leicester scientists, has been completed and delivered for integration into the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) spacecraft.
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President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Boyle, to leave the University of Leicester to become Vice-Chancellor of Swansea University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/05-vc-announcement
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle CBE President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle CBE|Professor Paul Boyle CBE joined the University in October 2014 and is recognised for delivering many new achievements for the University.
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EXILE installation marks fifty years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/fifty-years-since-the-partial-decriminalisation-of-homosexuality-to-coincide-with-bold-new-installation-at-the-national-trust2019s-kingston-lacy-in-dorset
A bold new installation at the National Trust’s Kingston Lacy in Dorset and involving researchers from our School of Museum Studies marks fifty years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.
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Multi-million pound international investment to launch new industrial research facility in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/multi-million-pound-international-investment-to-launch-new-industrial-research-facility-in-leicester
A multi-million pound Research Centre for metal and alloys has been launched in Leicester. It will enable the University of Leicester and partners to work with China for an initial period of five years to bring advanced thinking to metal production.
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Professor Sir Geoff Palmer
https://le.ac.uk/about/campus-development/freemens/freemens-building-names/professor-geoff-palmer
Sir Godfrey ‘Geoff’ Palmer OBE studied Botany at Leicester and graduated in 1964.
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Plan how to get here
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-next-steps/plan-travel
Moving to the University of Leicester to start your degree? Work out how you (and your luggage) will get here.
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#PlanetarySeminar: Heidi Hammel – Exploring the Solar System with JWST: First Results and a Glimpse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/07/planetaryseminar-heidi-hammel-exploring-the-solar-system-with-jwst-first-results-and-a-glimpse-ahead/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 November 2022 We will welcome Dr. Heidi Hammel (AURA, Interdisciplinary Scientist for JWST) to speak about exciting solar system science with the new space telescope. Who: Dr. Heidi Hammel, Heidi B.
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Leicester universities’ funding success for local improvement project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/local-acceleration-fund
The University of Leicester and De Montfort University have been awarded £171,000 for an innovative project working in partnerships with local groups to gain insight and improve services in core areas including education, health, and environmental sustainability.
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About Allama Iqbal Open University
https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/global-partnerships/aiou/about
The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) was established in May 1974 as only the second open university in the world and first in Asia and Africa.
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£1.7m awards announced for research spanning space and smoking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/fellowships
The gap in the teeth of this medieval skull is a 'pipe notch' caused by constantly gripping a clay pipe.