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Keep Calm and Scroll On! (Pt.4)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/05/07/keep-calm-and-scroll-on-pt-4/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on May 7, 2020 One thing I’ve observed during the lockdown is how eerily quiet it is in the evenings! With a reduction in the number of cars on the road, planes in the air, and trains on the tracks many people...
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Data Science (Geospatial) MSc, PGDip
https://le.ac.uk/courses/data-science-geospatial-msc/2026
Where, when, and why do things happen? Modelling, analysing and interpreting social, economic and environmental phenomena is the core of this course, and it equips you to manipulate such data by applying the techniques of data science, spatial analysis and geographical...
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The Age of Augustus
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ah2023
Module code: AH2023 How was Rome transformed under Augustus, the first emperor? Was Augustus’ rule a Roman Golden Age, or a totalitarian tyranny? What can poetry, architecture and religious ritual tell us about this period? Under Augustus (31 BC – 14 AD), Rome...
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The Age of Augustus
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ah2023
Module code: AH2023 How was Rome transformed under Augustus, the first emperor? Was Augustus’ rule a Roman Golden Age, or a totalitarian tyranny? What can poetry, architecture and religious ritual tell us about this period? Under Augustus (31 BC – 14 AD), Rome...
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The Age of Augustus
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah2023
Module code: AH2023 How was Rome transformed under Augustus, the first emperor? Was Augustus’ rule a Roman Golden Age, or a totalitarian tyranny? What can poetry, architecture and religious ritual tell us about this period? Under Augustus (31 BC – 14 AD), Rome...
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Book on post-apartheid South Africa by Leicester academic published
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/book-on-post-apartheid-south-africa-by-leicester-academic-published
Lecturer and South Africa specialist from our University Dr James Hamill has published a new book, Africa’s Lost Leader: South Africa’s Continental Role Since Apartheid.
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Childrens purchasing behaviour significantly impacted by social media and mobile apps research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/children2019s-purchasing-behaviour-2018significantly-impacted2019-by-social-media-and-mobile-apps-research-shows
Exposure to prompts to make in-app purchases in mobile games has a significant impact on children’s purchasing behaviour, according to a recent study funded by the European Commission involving Dr Giuseppe Veltri, who now works at the Department of Media Communication.
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Molecules in processed foods could unlock key to healthier diets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/molecules-in-processed-foods-could-unlock-key-to-healthier-diets
Our favourite foods could be made healthier thanks to a new technique developed by researchers from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences which has identified harmful bacterial molecules in certain processed foods such as burgers and ready meals.
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Midlands universitybased high performance computing centre receives 32 million
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/midlands-university-based-high-performance-computing-centre-receives-ps3-2-million
Funding of £3.2million has been received by the Midlands Innovation group of universities, including the University of Leicester, and Queen Mary University of London to establish a centre of excellence in high performance computing (HPC).
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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.