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• Zombie apocalypse would potentially wipe out humanity in just 100 days students calculate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/zombie-apocalypse-would-wipe-out-humanity-in-just-100-days-students-calculate

  A real-life zombie outbreak would leave the world’s population in shambles, with less than 300 survivors remaining a mere one hundred days into the apocalypse, according to students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

• Lesley Davis

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/lesley-davis

  We have learned, with deep sadness, of the death of Lesley Davis, a much-loved and respected member of the Library Services team, who passed away on 6 January 2025. The funeral will take place at Loughborough Crematorium on Thursday 30 January at 4.30pm.

• CELTA Sanctuary Scholarship

  https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/courses-for-teachers/celta/scholarship

  This Sanctuary Scholarship is for students with a background of forced displacement who wish to study on our face-to-face CELTA course.

• University of Leicester to spend £1m on making research more inclusive

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/diverse-research

  The University of Leicester has bolstered its commitment to inclusivity within research after securing £1m from the Wellcome Trust.

• Erasmus+ information

  https://le.ac.uk/cite/study-abroad-unit/incoming/erasmus-plus

  Discover more information about the Erasmus+ programme including stories from previous students and staff that have taken part in the programme.

• Alec Jeffreys Forensic Genomics Unit

  https://le.ac.uk/forensic-science/alec-jeffreys-forensic-genomics-unit

  Find out more about the Alec Jeffreys Genomics Unit at the University of Leicester.

• Mapping the City with Electric Paint

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2022/12/12/mapping-the-city-with-electric-paint/

  Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on December 12, 2022 In 2019 I attended an Oral History Society networker event at the British Library and was impressed with work that the Library had done with students from the Royal College of Art School of Communication .

• Physics & Astronomy: Page 18

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/18/

  Why Not… Run a Crossword Morning? Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 November 2020 Postgraduates within the School run crossword coffee mornings every day to stay connected during home working, writes Rosie Hodnett.

• Most distant detection of a black hole swallowing a star

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/black-hole-swallowing-star

  A University of Leicester astronomer has led an international team that determined the distance of the furthest black hole consuming a star detected to date.

• Commemorating Samuel Whitbread, 1758-1815

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2015/06/18/commemorating-samuel-whitbread-1758-1815/

  Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on June 18, 2015 ‘I deny the insane proposition that peace is more dangerous than war’: Commemorating Samuel Whitbread, 1758-1815 By E.J.