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Mental Health UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/mental-health-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 10 th October was World Mental Health Day and the first Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit has been held. Its website has reports and decisions.
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Global Parents Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/04/global-parents-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2020 The First of June is designated by th e United Nations as Global Parents day s o here are some quick research links: Are parents becoming older? Yes in the UK according...
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Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/02/08/saturns-high-altitude-winds-generate-an-extraordinary-aurorae/
Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.
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Mercury mission carrying Leicester instrument starts final year of its long journey
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/mercury-bepi-mission-leicester-instrument-final-journey
Space scientists at the University of Leicester are marking the final year before the cutting-edge instrument they designed and built will arrive in orbit around the planet Mercury.
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Traceability in food supply chains for improved global and national competitiveness
https://le.ac.uk/research/projects/traceability-food-supply
The war in Ukraine is doing untold damage to food supply chains. Food products consumed locally and exports will be under increased scrutiny for their quality and safety due to damage to infrastructure and the environment, as well as human resources issues.
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University of Leicester cements top 50 position in global sustainability ranking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/impact-rankings
The University of Leicester is ranked 49th out of 1591 universities in the world, among the top 3.08% of institutions, in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.
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Energy research at our University set to accelerate following 180M investment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/energy-research-at-our-university-set-to-accelerate-following-ps180m-investment
Our University is set to play a crucial role in the next step towards the transformation of the UK’s energy sector after the Government confirmed £60m investment for the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA).
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Space scientist makes giant leap towards becoming an astronaut
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientist-makes-giant-leap-towards-becoming-an-astronaut
Space scientist Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy will be competing to realise her dream of becoming an astronaut as part of a televised competition broadcast by the BBC.
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Developing a research network to advance 21st-century museum ethics in theory and practice
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/research-network-to-advance-museum-ethics
RCMG brought together a research network to explore how the emerging theory of museum ethics can be translated effectively into practice.
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Solar System lightshows to be probed by Leicester astronomers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/jwst-saturn-uranus
Team from University of Leicester has been given observation time on the James Webb Space Telescope for two projects that will study the aurora on two neighbouring gas giants, Saturn and Uranus