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Gardeners’ World presenter puts his roots down at University of Leicester’s city oasis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/nick-bailey
A face familiar to millions of BBC Gardeners’ World viewers will be bringing his expertise to the University of Leicester after being appointed director of its Botanic Garden.
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Leicester scholar’s Bible ushers in new royal chapter (and verse)
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/coronation-bible-king-james
The Quatercentenary Edition of the King James Bible, prepared by University of Leicester academic Professor Gordon Campbell in 2011, will be used for the King's Coronation Oath.
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29th January 2016 Sol 1238
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/01/29/29th-january-2016-sol-1238/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 29, 2016 Here is MAHLI’s selfie of Curiosity at work on the Hebron part of the Namib dune. Its a mosaic of 57 images.
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Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs
In 2018 the Vibrant Oceans group identified 50 reefs that are most likely to resist and survive climate change. The habitats are located largely in the Pacific and Indian oceans, with further reefs in the Caribbean and east of Africa.
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University of Leicester expert to explore Parliament’s Brexit options in public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/04-ask-the-expert-brexit-professor-cygan
Adam Cygan|Law professor joins ‘Ask the Expert’ lecture series to discuss Brexit Professor Adam Cygan, lecturer in European law at the University of Leicester will be discussing Brexit as part of the Social Market Foundation’s ‘Ask the Expert’ series in Westminster, London...
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Super rare and venomous centipede found in University of Leicester academic’s home
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/centipede
Explore the intriguing discovery of Scutigera coleoptrata, the fastest-moving centipede in the world, in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Unwell or Unwanted? The Mental Health of Western Australia’s Convict Population
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/10/17/unwell-or-unwanted-the-mental-health-of-western-australias-convict-population/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 17, 2016 By Kellie Moss Western Australia welcomed the transportation of convicts in 1850 as a solution to the economic problems which had affected the colony since its foundation as a free settlement in 1829.
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Stars align as Leicester awards honorary degree to NASA’s science head
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/leicester-awards-honorary-degree-nasa-science-head
University of Leicester honours the work of NASA’s effective head of science, Dr Nicola Fox, who revealed that beloved Leicester City mascot Filbert Fox has a special place at the United States’ famous space agency.
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NASA astronaut to unveil ambitious plans for humanity’s return to the moon to Leicester audience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/stanley-love-talk
NASA astronaut and planetary scientist Dr Stanley Love will give an exclusive Space Park Conversations talk on Friday 1 March, 2024 at 3.30pm
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£10 billion space telescope has only just begun to reveal universe’s secrets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/jwst-anniversary
Engineers from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester, who have been part of the £10 billion James Webb Space Telescope mission for 20 years, reflect on the first anniversary of its first images release.