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• AboutUs

  https://le.ac.uk/top-links-about-us

  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

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/community-resources/digitising

  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

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-brexit-michael-gove-and-victorian-dismemberment

  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?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/01/05/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

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2020/08/24/monitoring-jupiters-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

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/wildfires-americas-supercharged-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

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2019/06/17/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

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/festive-christmas-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

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/15-mental-health-legacy-of-colonialism-in-guyanas-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

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/22/

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