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• A team of UK scientists have been monitoring the devastating smoke plume in Canada and North America

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/nceo-wildfire-monitoring

  A team of scientists from the National Centre for Earth Observation, based at the University of Leicester, has been monitoring the devastating plume of smoke which has travelled from Canada to parts of the North American east coast.

• University shortlisted in Royal College of Midwives awards for excellence

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/rcm-awards

  The University of Leicester has been shortlisted in three categories for the prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Awards 2023

• Leicester study to improve crop plants

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants

  Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.

• Project Partners

  https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/humanity-space/people/project-partners

  Below is a list of the Centre's valued partners

• New land report highlights importance of Earth Observation data

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/new-land-report-importance-earth-observation-data

  Briefing paper on Multifunctional Land Use and the importance of Earth Observation data written by Dr Francesca Faedi from Space Park Leicester and the University of Leicester School of Business for Government and stakeholders

• From the subatomic to the intergalactic: scientists gather in Leicester to share supercomputer results

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-dirac-day

  Experts in astrophysics, particle physics, nuclear physics and cosmology will assemble at the University of Leicester this week to share the latest scientific advances which have been made possible by DiRAC, a multi-site supercomputing facility.

• Caring for our Special Collections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/08/06/caring-for-our-special-collections/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on August 6, 2015 Visitors to Special Collections often ask how we preserve the rare books, manuscripts and archives in our collection. Much of what we do could be described as preventative care.

• Postgraduate programmes

  https://le.ac.uk/history/study/postgraduate

  History at the University of Leicester has a thriving postgraduate community. We offer a variety of degrees, which reflect the expertise of our staff allowing us to offer a diverse teaching programme and support a large and vibrant research culture.

• Scientists investigate bumblebee decline due to particulate pollutant exposure

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/bees-gut-microbiome-pollution

  By studying bumblebee exposure to particulate air pollutants scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that the diversity and behaviour of the bee gut microbial community is altered when exposed to black carbon found in air pollution, disrupting the beneficial...

• Lorna Unwin

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/lorna-unwin

  We have learned, with sadness, of the recent passing of Professor Lorna Unwin, who was Director of the Centre for Labour Market Studies in the 2000s.