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• Leicester’s Jupiter research cited on new Royal Mail set

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/05-jupiter-stamp

  The latest commemorative stamps from Royal Mail celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society.  And the work of space scientists in our School of Physics and Astronomy gets a mention. Jupiter’s auroras feature on one of the £1.55 stamps.

• The forgotten success of penal transportation reform in late Imperial Russia: the lowering of prison

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/06/08/the-forgotten-success-of-penal-transportation-reform-in-late-imperial-russia-the-lowering-of-prisoner-mortality-in-the-transfer-system-1885-1915/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 8, 2016 By Mikhail Nakonechny . The late Imperial Russian prison and exile system is almost unequivocally considered to be the traditional embodiment of brutality, institutional inhumanity and injustice.

• Epilepsy can lead to earlier deaths in people with intellectual disabilities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/epilepsy-earlier-deaths-intellectual-disabilities

  |A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, a study has shown. Around 1.

• Changes to the Doctoral College Reading Room

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/07/31/changes-to-the-doctoral-college-reading-room/

  The Library seeks feedback from research students on changes to the Doctoral College Reading Room.

• Lest We Forget: Remembering George Eades

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/11/28/lest-we-forget-remembering-george-eades/

  Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on November 28, 2025 1 On 11 th November 2025 Archives and Special Collections hosted a visit from Steve and Sheron Wilkinson.

• Challenging Perspectives: Conflict and Relations in French Culture

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/fr2042

  Module code: FR2042 This module will introduce you to a range of artists and productions who have challenged the expectations and traditions of their times.

• Drugs and Displacement in Contemporary Colombian Culture

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sp2036

  Module code: SP2036 This module will introduce you to aspects of contemporary Colombian culture through an examination of literary and cinematic texts.

• Challenging Perspectives: Conflict and Relations in French Culture

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/fr2042

  Module code: FR2042 This module will introduce you to a range of artists and productions who have challenged the expectations and traditions of their times.

• Drugs and Displacement in Contemporary Colombian Culture

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sp2036

  Module code: SP2036 This module will introduce you to aspects of contemporary Colombian culture through an examination of literary and cinematic texts.

• Reflections on my Professional Fellowship: Part One

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/10/11/reflections-on-my-professional-fellowship-part-one/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on October 11, 2024 My name is Sarah Wood and I work as the Assistant Archivist for the University of Leicester.