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• Britain’s Imperial Economy: Power, Wealth and Colonialism 1830-1939

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs3614

  Module code: HS3614 This module explores the relationship between British ‘imperialism’ and the expansion of Britain’s society and economy in the century leading up to 1939.

• A tulip bulb, the value of which would have fed ‘a whole ship’s crew for a twelvemonth’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/04/07/a-tulip-bulb-the-value-of-which-would-have-fed-a-whole-ships-crew-for-a-twelvemonth/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 7, 2017 The tulip, with its bold, eye-catching flowers in a wide variety of gorgeous colours, is in bloom, in many of our spring gardens, making one of their most striking features.

• Unwell or Unwanted? The Mental Health of Western Australia’s Convict Population

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/10/17/unwell-or-unwanted-the-mental-health-of-western-australias-convict-population/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 17, 2016 By Kellie Moss Western Australia welcomed the transportation of convicts in 1850 as a solution to the economic problems which had affected the colony since its foundation as a free settlement in 1829.

• Double distinction for Leicester’s ‘Mr Antarctic Volcano’ in New Year Honours

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-polar-medal

  University of Leicester volcanologist Professor John Smellie receives Polar Medal for the second time, from second monarch.

• University of Leicester Institute Director is one of BioBeat’s 50 Movers and Shakers for 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/01-biobeat-50

  Report celebrates outstanding female leaders in UK healthcare business

• Out of this world art needed for iconic space hub’s new mission patch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/mission-patch

  Space Park Leicester invites inviting children, young people or adults with a love of space to help design their new mission patch.

• World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old

  New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study

• Trump’s remarks and speeches

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/20/trumps-remarks-and-speeches/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2020   FactCheck.org has launched a special section on its website for fact checking transcripts of the presidents remarks and political speeches .

• Highlights for the School of Molecular and Cell Biology’s research in REF2021

  https://le.ac.uk/mcb/ref2021

  School of Molecular and Cell Biology’s research highlights in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

• University holds series of public events to mark Leicester’s migration history

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/leicester-migration-events

  The University of Leicester is working in conjunction with partners to hold five public events on the recent history of migration to the city.