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Leicester to lead Royal Astronomical Society livestream of Uranus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/uranus-live
Astronomers and planetary scientists from the University of Leicester are to lead dedicated livestream observations of Uranus in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) to bring live imagery of the planet to the public in the UK and around the world.
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Tim Peake announced as special guest at Space Park Leicester official opening
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/space-park-tim-peake
British astronaut Tim Peake will be on hand to declare Space Park Leicester officially open at a special ceremony next spring.
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Leicester unveils new £24m renovated Students’ Union
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/percy-gee-launch
The newly renovated £24m Percy Gee building – home to the University of Leicester’s Students’ Union – was officially unveiled at a ceremony on Tuesday.
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Theses
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study/postgraduate/dissertations-and-theses/phd-theses
2021 GREENHOWE, Priscilla. "I do belong to Mattishall': Obtaining poor relief from Mattishall, Norfolk, c. 1750-1834 2020 BATMAN, Phil. A comparison of kinship family survival in York and in the nineteenth century. MITCHELL, Chris.
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Celebrate culture and creativity with Attenborough Arts Centre this spring
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/attenborough-arts-centre-spring-programme
With a number of performances offered on a Pay What You Can pricing scale, Attenborough Arts Centre remains committed to ensuring access to the arts for all.
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“London Cider”- an inauthentic compound? – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/04/01/london-cider-an-inauthentic-compound/
Summary of a 19th-century interpretation on cider making that reflects the role of place (city vs country) in the construction of authenticity.
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New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite’s journey through space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/winchcombe-meteorite
Famous meteorite undergoes scientific analysis, including advanced electron microscopy at University of Leicester, providing insight into the meteorite’s journey through space to Earth
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Congrats to Martin Halliwell on his John Maynard Keynes Fellowship in US Studies University of Leice
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/10/04/john-maynard-keynes-fellowship-in-us-studies/
Martin Halliwell US American Medicine Psychiatry History
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Volunteering with UOSH
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/06/20/volunteering-with-uosh/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on June 20, 2019 Hello I’m Ellie Priestley, a second year Ancient History and History student here at the University of Leicester.
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Virtual Vauxhall Gardens
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/vvg/2019/04/02/virtual-vauxhall-gardens/
Posted by in Virtual Vauxhall Gardens on April 2, 2019 Introduction Virtual Vauxhall Gardens is a multidisciplinary project to create a multi-sensory, user-controlled, VR reconstruction of the experience of Vauxhall Gardens in 1752.