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Take part in BBC programme Down To Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/take-part-in-bbc-programme-down-to-earth
The longest running programme on BBC Local Radio is coming to the University of Leicester and you could take part.
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British Library project awarded new accolade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/british-library-project-awarded-new-accolade
A digital project that showcases the lives of remarkable British scientists has won a second prestigious accolade.
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Grant Bourhill to take new role
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/grant-bourhill
Grant Bourhill, Chief Executive Officer at Leicester Science Parks is to take up a new role as Managing Director for Surrey Research Park.
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World Bank’s Open Budgets portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/10/world-banks-open-budgets-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2014 World Bank’s Open Budgets portal aims to provide a one-stop shop to locate national and sub-national regional budget economic data from about 40 nations involved in the...
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25th November 2014 Sol 819
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/11/25/25th-november-2014-sol-819/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 25, 2014 We are continuing our detailed traverse around the Pahrump area. I will be Geo ScienceTheme Lead tomorrow and we aim to do more contact science. The MastCam image is of Book Cliffs.
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11th March 2016 Sol 1278
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/03/11/11th-march-2016-sol-1278/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 11, 2016 In the last few days we have been finding these rounded cm-sized nodules on eroded faces of the underlying Stimson sandstone.
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14th July 2014 Sol 688
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/07/14/14th-july-2014-sol-688/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 14, 2014 In addition to driving towards the Murray Buttes gap in the dunes, and our path onto Mt. Sharp, we stop sometimes to do contact science. The image gives an example of what this entails.
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1st April 2014 Sol 587
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/04/01/1st-april-2014-sol-587/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 1, 2014 We have continued with contact science at the Square Top outcrop, with its characteristic striated upper surface, before we drive up to the Kimberley location.
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1st December 2014 Sol 825
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/01/1st-december-2014-sol-825/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 1, 2014 This NavCam image shows a dusty view of Mt Sharp and its layers. It is a sign that we are very close to summer solstice again.
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27th October 2014 Sol 791
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/10/27/27th-october-2014-sol-791/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 27, 2014 You can see from the inset on this map that we have started driving again, south towards the higher ground, though in small distances compared to some of the long ~100 m drives we did earlier in the mission.