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Sol 1 First Image of Mt. Sharp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/07/sol-0-first-image-of-mt-sharp/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 7, 2012 First Image of the 5.5 km high Mt. Sharp (HazCam), the ultimate target of Curiosity. Two of the Curiosity 50 cm diameter wheels are visible in the foreground.
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Top ten position for student experience for Leicester in latest The Times and Sunday Times league table
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/times-league-table-2025
University of Leicester placed equal 28th overall in the in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026
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Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/reduced-inequalities
The tenth Sustainable Development Goal is to reduce inequality within and among countries.
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New programme partnership between Leicester and Apollo the first step in transforming global healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/apollo
A new programme partnership delivered by the University of Leicester and The Apollo University (TAU), part of the Apollo Hospitals Group, is the first official step to strengthen links with India and explore how collaborative education and research programmes can transform...
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Stunning satellite imagery gives unique view of Leicestershire in all its glory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/stunning-satellite-imagery-gives-unique-view-of-leicestershire-in-all-its-glory
A rarely seen perspective of the county of Leicestershire has been captured in a new high resolution photograph released by Leicester scientists using a state-of-the-art satellite for the first time.
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Paris and the rush to remember the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/paris-and-the-rush-to-remember-the-aftermath-of-the-2005-london-bombings
A call for any memorial event following the Paris attacks to be ‘more sensitively handled’ than the official response to the 2005 London bombings has been made by Dr Matthew Allen, Lecturer in Culture and Political Economy in the School of Management.
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University launches scheme to encourage graduates to stay in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/graduate-internships
The University of Leicester has worked with Leicester City Council and De Montfort University to set up an internship scheme that will support small businesses to offer workplace opportunities to students. The scheme will see more than £1.
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AstroSeminar: Prof. Ilya Mandel (Melbourne),”The promise of gravitational-wave astrophysics”. (Note
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/25/astroseminar-prof-ilya-mandel-melbournethe-promise-of-gravitational-wave-astrophysics-note-the-unusual-time-10-am/
Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 January 2021 This week the Wednesday Department seminar ( 27 Jan 2021 ) will be delivered by Prof. Ilya Mandel (Melbourne), at 10 am (please note the unusual time) . Please find below title and abstract of his talk.
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New project to save sole surviving population of rare wildflower
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-project-to-save-sole-surviving-population-of-rare-wildflower
A new conservation project at the Botanic Garden hopes to save a rare wildflower that is almost extinct throughout Leicestershire and Rutland - and has a declining population nationwide.
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Study shows slow walking pace is good predictor of heart-related deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-shows-slow-walking-pace-good-predictor-of-heart-related-deaths
A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University - has concluded that middle-aged people who report that they are slow walkers could be at higher risk...