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Leicester’s tuberculosis research boosted by six-figure funding for lab equipment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/leicester-tuberculosis-research-boosted-funding-lab-equipment
The University of Leicester’s research into tuberculosis has been bolstered with a six-figure grant to fund new lab equipment.
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How the BBC is using WhatsApp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/how-the-bbc-is-using-whatsapp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 A really interesting case study and webinar made available by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers which discusses use of social media by the BBC World Service to...
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Direction of AI Innovation in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/direction-of-ai-innovation-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 This report from Institute for Public Policy Research outlines the AI innovation landscape in the UK to determine which type of AI deployment is and is not currently taking place.
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What is the state of open data?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/16/what-is-the-state-of-open-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2017 The Open Knowledge Foundation has just published its open Data index.
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Three-Minute Wonder Competition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/03/20/three-minute-wonder-competition/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 March 2020 Leicester physicists are involved in 3 Minute Wonder competition .
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Hat-trick of outstanding Knowledge Transfer Partnerships for Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/ktp
Two Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) between University of Leicester and local businesses have been commended by Innovate UK
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Leicester space scientist receives prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/stfc-fellowship
A space scientist from the University of Leicester has been identified as a science leader of the future by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
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£8.8 million to speed up gene discoveries for lung conditions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/wellcome-funding-lung-health
New project aims to speed up process of finding treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and pulmonary fibrosis.
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Exoplanets and their Origins – Professor Richard Alexander Centenary Inaugural Lecture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/28/exoplanets-and-their-origins-professor-richard-alexander-centenary-inaugural-lecture/
Exoplanets and their Origins - Professor Richard Alexander Centenary Inaugural Lecture
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Professor Mark Wilkinson Centenary Inaugural Lecture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/26/how-to-train-your-telescope-professor-mark-wilkinson-centenary-inaugural-lecture/
Professor Mark Wilkinson Centenary Inaugural Lecture