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• Our Space Heritage: Public event to celebrate Leicester’s long-standing space expertise

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/our-space-heritage

  Professor Pounds, who was also guest of honour at the opening of Leicester’s new Space Research Centre earlier this year, said: “Moving to a lectureship in Leicester from the UCL Rocket Group – with a doctoral thesis still incomplete – reflected the pace of change in the...

• Leicester researchers use satellites to tackle landfill methane leaks

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/satellites-landfill-methane-leaks

  Research team from the School of Physics and Astronomy and Space Park Leicester is testing how space-based technology can help find leaks and then assess whether repairs have worked

• Harnessing the ‘wisdom of crowds’ can help combat antibiotic over prescription

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/wisdom-of-crowds

  A new study has demonstrated that using  the ‘wisdom of crowds’ (also known as collective intelligence) of three or more medical prescribers, can improve decisions about antibiotic prescribing and help combat rising levels of antibiotic resistance.

• Groundbreaking event marks the start of extension to Students Union building

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/groundbreaking-event-marks-the-start-of-extension-to-students-union-building

  Construction has officially commenced on an ambitious £21 million extension to the Students’ Union building.

• Leicester alumnus and honorary professor Sir Nicholas Green appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/leicester-alumnus-and-honorary-professor-sir-nicholas-green-appointed-a-lord-justice-of-appeal

  A Leicester alumnus and honorary graduate has been appointed by HM The Queen as Lord Justice of Appeal. Sir Nicholas Green is among three Lady Justices and four Lord Justices of Appeal who will fill current and forthcoming vacancies in the Court of Appeal.

• Jason Rigby

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2026/jason-rigby

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• Stunning satellite imagery gives unique view of Leicestershire in all its glory

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/stunning-satellite-imagery-gives-unique-view-of-leicestershire-in-all-its-glory

  A rarely seen perspective of the county of Leicestershire has been captured in a new high resolution photograph released by Leicester scientists using a state-of-the-art satellite for the first time.

• Scientists explore complex pattern of tipping points in the Atlantic’s current system

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/atlantic-tipping-points

  New mathematical modelling by University of Leicester of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation – a system of ocean currents – shows greater complexity than previously thought, revealing a hierarchy of irreversible ‘tipping points’

• 20th Anniversary Events

  https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/events

  Learn more about the events provided by Languages at Leicester, including taster sessions and drop-in sessions.

• How to check the IMD quintile of your home postcode

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/imd-quintile

  Find out more about how to check the IMD quintile of your home postcode.