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Research highlights incredible insects during National Insect Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/2018national-insect-week2019-creeps-up-on-us-once-more
The feature, revisiting four occasions where insects played an instrumental role in University research, can be found here Insects, bugs, creepy-crawlies - there are some who say they are not always the cutest critters, but they can certainly be one of the most useful and...
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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.
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Dr Anvesha Singh
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/walk-with-women/anvesha-singh
Learn more about Dr Anvesha Singh, a NIRH Academic Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology.
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Big Antiquity
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/big-antiquity
Learn more about Archaeology and Ancient History at Leicester's Big Antiquity research theme, with key research projects including Ancient Akrotiri Project, The Birth of Greek Culture, In the Footsteps of Caesar, Roman Knossos, and The Trans-Sahara Project
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New world plants in Italy, from observation to assimilation (1500-1850)
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/new-world-plants-in-italy
Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship (£112,364) October 2007 - September 2010 Dr David Gentilcore Prior to the research project, there had been little systematic study of the impact that plants from the New World had on early modern and modern Italy.
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University and Hospitals
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/so-that-they-may-have-life/uol-and-uhl
As we celebrate our Centenary, marking 100 years since our first students arrived, we were thrilled to learn that 2021 is also the 250th anniversary of Leicester Royal Infirmary. part of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
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Student scores opportunity to represent her sport internationally
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/student-scores-opportunity-to-represent-her-sport-internationally
One Leicester student has recently been informed that she was successful in securing a place on the England U21 Nets Netball player long list for the 2019 World Cup. Nets is a variation of netball that is fast, non-stop and very tactical.
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He answered his emails instantly – What an Epitaph.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2019/04/11/he-answered-his-emails-instantly-what-an-epitaph/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on April 11, 2019 Back in August I published Blog Post titled “When you’re working you’re working”.
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Centre for Hate Studies launches new suite of digital training on hate and extremism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/24-hate-studies-digital-training-extremism
The Centre for Hate Studies at the University of Leicester has developed a new, free-of-charge suite of digital training modules on hate and extremism.
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How much do you know about the founders and early benefactors of our University? by Caroline Wessel
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/11/01/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-founders-and-early-benefactors-of-our-university-by-caroline-wessel/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on November 1, 2019 To celebrate our Centenary Years, Special Collections would like to share with you new research, which not only paints a picture of the how we were founded, but also the way of life and the connection of...