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The sky’s the limit for student rocket launches at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/rockets-students
University hosts local sixth form students for an afternoon of launching their creations into the skies above Oadby.
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Uncapitalised ‘learning outcomes’: the tutor and student’s friend – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/09/11/uncapital/
The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. Uncapitalised 'learning outcomes': the tutor and student's friend.
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University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor joins Prime Minister’s trade delegation to India
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/university-leicester-vice-chancellor-prime-minister-trade-delegation-india
University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah joined a delegation of 125 of the UK’s most prominent CEOs, entrepreneurs, university and cultural leaders on a trade mission to India spearheaded by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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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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Leicester students solve age-old question: How much Christmas spirit is needed to lift Santa’s sleigh?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/christmas-spirit
Students at the University of Leicester have discovered the answer to an age-old question this Christmas: just how much Christmas spirit is required to lift Santa’s sleigh? Using equations and principles learned on their physics course, five student researchers calculated...
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Gardeners’ World presenter puts his roots down at University of Leicester’s city oasis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/nick-bailey
A face familiar to millions of BBC Gardeners’ World viewers will be bringing his expertise to the University of Leicester after being appointed director of its Botanic Garden.
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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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“We must celebrate”: England’s World Cup win 50 years on
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/07/29/we-must-celebrate-englands-world-cup-win-50-years-on/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on July 29, 2016 On 30 July 1966 England won the World Cup.
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Pancakes, and how life flipped upside down for Leicester’s Bake-Off chemist
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/pancakes-josh
Dr Josh Smalley from the University of Leicester School of Chemistry has been keeping busy since his appearance on the Great British Bake Off.
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The key to Leicester’s economic future: First phase of Space Park Leicester is completed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/space-park-keys-handover
Grant Bourhill, Chief Executive of Space Park Leicester, said: “The global space sector is expanding significantly, with some forecasts predicting a $1 trillion industry by 2040.