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Assassins Creed may give gamers a gripping sense of vertigo but its leaping calculations are optimistic at best
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/the-science-of-assassins-creed
The popular video game franchise 'Assassin’s Creed' often depicts characters leaping off tall buildings into piles of loose hay or straw lying on the ground or in a cart, by diving head first then executing a half-summersault to land on their back.
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Black Mischief in the Albatross Modern Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/05/09/black-mischief-in-the-albatross-modern-library/
Posted by in Waugh and Words on May 9, 2019 Modernist scholar and editor of our forthcoming Black Mischief volume Dr Naomi Milthorpe has been researching with our project partners at the Harry Ransom Center.
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Archaeologists reveal mysteries of lost 3000yearold civilisation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/archaeologists-reveal-mysteries-of-2018lost2019-3-000-year-old-civilisation
The research of Professor David Mattingly of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History conducted in southern Libya will reshape the history of early Africa - after uncovering the mysteries of a lost civilisation of Saharan people called the Garamantes, whose...
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Study reveals mysteries of enzyme mechanism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-reveals-mysteries-of-enzyme-mechanism
An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its structure using a beam of neutrons from the heart of a nuclear reactor.
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Year in industry profiles
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/study/undergraduate/year-in-industry/profiles
Read stories from University of Leicester students who have taken a year of full-time work between their second and final year of study as part of the School of Business undergraduate programme.
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PHOTO GALLERY University receives biggest ever gift from an individual 27 million
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-receives-biggest-ever-gift-from-an-individual-ps2-7-million
Our University has received its biggest ever single gift from a private individual - £2.7 million- which will be used to fund life-saving kidney research of global significance in our College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology.
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Postdoctoral fellows and research associates
https://le.ac.uk/english/people/postdoctoral-research
Browse a list of English at Leicester's postdoctoral fellows and research associates. Find out how to get in touch.
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Green gown awards recognition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/green-gown-awards-recognition
The work of the University of Leicester has been celebrated at an awards ceremony. The Green Gown Awards 2016 recognise remarkable sustainability initiatives in UK higher education.
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Andrew Dunn: Page 89
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/89/
Academic Librarian.
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Midlands4Cities PhD funding opportunity
https://le.ac.uk/history/study/research-degrees/midlands4cities
Learn more about Midlands4Cities PhD funding for PhD projects within the School of History, Politics and International Relations.