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  • AboutUs

    Leicester probably started as a Celtic settlement. It was the capital of the local Celtic tribe, the Coriletavi. The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD and they captured Leicestershire by 47 AD. The Romans built a fort at Leicester in 48 AD.

  • Digitising oral history recordings

    With analogue becoming more of a thing of the past, learn more about recording and keeping digital copies of oral history materials.

  • Expert opinions cover Brexit Michael Gove Victorian dismemberment football and US nuclear command

    Professor Panicos Demetriades from the Department of Economics has written an article for Think: Leicester giving his initial reaction to the Brexit vote.

  • Student life in the 1980s: what can we learn from Students’ Union handbooks?

    Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on January 5, 2024 Guest post by Jess Pascal, student volunteer. Hello, my name is Jess Pascal and I have been volunteering in the archives for the last two months.

  • Monitoring Jupiter’s Atmospheric Heartbeat over Three Decades

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on August 24, 2020 Long-term infrared monitoring of Jupiter’s equatorial stratosphere over three decades revealed a natural cycle of variable winds and temperatures.

  • Wildfires across the Americas have been supercharged by climate change

    Study: Warming increased burning in Pantanal, Chiquitano and Amazon, releasing billions of tonnes of CO2, while climate change increased likelihood of Southern California’s deadly fires by at least 2-3 times

  • Factors influencing antimicrobial resistance in residential care homes

    Posted by ekrockow in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on June 17, 2019 A brief literature review by Christine Amedor   I am Christine, a third-year Medical Physiology undergraduate at the University of Leicester who recently worked...

  • Festive stories from Leicesters past

    Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat, so the popular rhyme goes - although for many it will be a plump turkey sitting upon the table during Christmas lunch.

  • £1.2 million funding to investigate mental health legacy of colonialism in Guyana’s jails

    Funding for University of Leicester project announced under the ESRC-AHRC GCRF Mental Health 2017 Call

  • Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in

    Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.

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