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Leicester-tested Einstein Probe opens its wide eyes to the X-ray sky
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/einstein-probe-images
Explosion-hunting telescope tested by University of Leicester space scientists sends back its first images
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"We must level the playing field for BAME students" says new Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/04-bame-students
nishan smiling to the camera|The University of Leicester’s new vice-chancellor has pledged to eliminate the ‘awarding gap’ which sees many students missing out on top degrees.
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Protests against Trump in Britain may well signal the beginning of a new wave of AntiBrexit mobilisation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/201cprotests-against-trump-in-britain-may-well-signal-the-beginning-of-a-new-wave-of-anti-brexit-mobilisation201d
Dr Fabian Frenzel (pictured), from the University of Leicester’s School of Business, has suggested that the recent protests against President Trump’s travel ban, seen across the UK, could signal a new wave of Anti-Brexit mobilisation.
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Arch-I-Scan’s end-of-the-year-successes – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2021/01/18/celebrating-end-of-the-year-successes/
The Arch-I-Scan project recounts a few end-of-2020 successes, including a paper presentation at the CAA conference, an interdisciplinary award from the University's Images of Research competition, and the announcement of Professor Ivan Tyukin's Turing AI Fellowship.
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Institute for Policy launch brings Leicester’s research expertise to the heart of Westminster
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/policy-institute
Solutions to issues in healthcare, justice, climate change and space will be showcased at the official launch of the University of Leicester’s Institute for Policy in Westminster.
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Groundbreaking ceremony gets the 158 million renovation of historic Brookfield House formally underway
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/groundbreaking-ceremony-gets-the-ps15-8-million-renovation-of-historic-brookfield-house-formally-underway
The University of Leicester and Henry Boot Construction Ltd marked the official start of construction at our Brookfield Campus with a traditional groundbreaking ceremony.
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Internationalism Ideology and the debate over US entry into World War II 1937-41
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/internationalism-ideology-and-the-debate-over-us-entry-into-world-war-ii
AHRC (£32,893) October 2012 - January 2013 Dr Andrew Johnstone Why did the United States enter World War II in 1941? The obvious answer to that question is the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 - "a date which will live in infamy," according to...
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Space Park Leicester featured in ESA’s new video series on the SMILE mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/smile-video
The University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester's contribution to the SMILE mission is featured in a video series from the European Space Agency.
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Opening up the University archives for Heritage Open Days on 19/20 September
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/18-heritage-open-days
As part of Heritage Open Days, England’s largest festival of history and culture, the University of Leicester is opening its archives up to the public with a series of free events on Thursday 19 September and Friday 20 September.
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Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system
An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.