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• Scientists observe galaxy ‘stealing material’ to feed black hole

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/16-interactions-galaxies

  An image of the 20-arcsec square region around W2246 An image of the 20-arcsec square region around W2246 - about 1/100 of the diameter of the full moon. The black contour lines show the ALMA data, while the orange greyscale shows the Hubble Space Telescope image.

• Unprecedented energy consumption is leaving a permanent stain on planetary history

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/anthropocene

  A new study co-authored by three professors at the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment argues that the speed and scale of human energy consumption has pushed the Earth towards a new geological epoch, the ‘Anthropocene’.

• New test could help preserve endangered gibbon populations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/gibbons-twycross-genetic-endangered

  A Leicester geneticist working with ape specialists at Twycross Zoo has developed a test which could help preserve highly vulnerable Gibbon populations from extinction

• Faraday Institution Honours Leicester Team for Battery Recycling Innovation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/faraday-institution-honours-battery-recycling-innovation

  University of Leicester chemists recognised with a Highly Commended Faraday Institution Community Award for Innovation for patent-pending technology that enables direct recycling of black mass within the UK, reducing reliance on exports and supporting domestic circularity of...

• John Ellis Jones

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/john-ellis-jones

  The University is saddened to learn of the death on 28 January 2023 of Mr John Ellis Jones.

• The Rosetta Stone: the first political manifesto?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/rosetta-stone

  Read the article "The Rosetta Stone: the first political manifesto?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• English PGCE

  https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/courses/english

  English is a core subject within the secondary curriculum. The English PGCE (M) and (H) level courses aim to prepare you to meet QTS standards fully, and to learn to teach the 11-19 English/Media curriculum with confidence, authority and enthusiasm.

• The Muslim veil: a symbol of terror?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/muslim-veil

  Read the article "The Muslim veil: a symbol of terror?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• Forensic analysis using micro-CT

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/forensic-analysis

  The forensic analysis of the Greyfriars bones by micro-computer X-ray tomography (micro-CT) is the first time that this advanced technique has been applied to an archaeological investigation and was crucial to the investigation.

• War on superbugs

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/war-on-superbugs

  For the last twenty years, Martha Clokie, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Leicester, has pioneered research on bacteriophage therapy.