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• Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies explores interdisciplinary research one step at a time through the power of walking

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/walking

  A new University of Leicester project hopes to explore the ‘power of walking’ and how it impacts academics’ research processes.

• Unrequited Love: The Enduring Pain of Convictism in Western Australia

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/05/22/unrequited-love-the-enduring-pain-of-convictism-in-western-australia/

  Posted by abarker in Carceral Archipelago on May 22, 2017 By Kellie Moss The sentence of transportation signified the physical removal, or banishment of convicts, from the wider social body to colonies overseas.

• 35 years since we changed the world

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/march/11-dna35

  L-R: Professor Turi King, Tony Garner, Lin Garner, David Gyimah, Barbara Ashworth, David Baker, Chief Constable Simon Cole, Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, Rob Eaton, Lynda Eaton, Mick Tucker, Kath Eastwood, Sue Jeffreys, Jenny Foxon|The discovery...

• Forensic Science and Criminal Justice MSc, by distance learning

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/forensic-science-and-criminal-justice-msc-dl/2026

  From fingerprint visualisation to blood spatter, police investigations often hinge on the correct evaluation and interpretation of forensic evidence. In this degree, you’ll gain the advanced skills needed to make an impact out in the field.

• Introducing SKYLARK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/26/introducing-skylark/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 The SKYLARK rocket dominates our newly-revamped foyer in the School of Physics and Astronomy. This blog post provides some of the history of Leicester’s involvement in the SKYLARK project.

• Major endorsement for new space mission to find ‘Earth 2.0’

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/luvoir

  Initial designs show some similarities to JWST, with a segmented telescope assembly and large sunshade to be deployed in orbit. But LUVOIR would boast a segmented mirror up to 16m in diameter – compared to the current record 6m diameter array fitted to JWST.

• Surnames and the Y chromosome

  https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects/surnames-and-the-y-chromosome

  Research Fellow: Dr Turi King - Project Manager of the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain and lead researcher on the Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in the North of England project In Britain, we have heritable surnames.

• Psychology MSc, by distance learning

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/psychology-msc-dl/2026

  This is for you if... you are looking for a BPS-accredited conversion course that will support you in pursuing a career as a professional psychologist.

• Leicester scientist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-scientist-wins-prestigious-royal-society-of-chemistry-award

  A researcher from the University's College of Medicine has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Toxicology Award for 2017.

• Competition winners to receive photographs signed by Tim Peake

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/competition-winners-to-receive-photographs-signed-by-tim-peake

  Children will be awarded their chosen photographs taken by astronauts at a ceremony at the National Space Centre this week.