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Sports stars supported by University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/sports-scholars
An Olympic hockey player, a national dodgeball star, and one of the UK’s top snowboarders are among the University of Leicester’s latest Sports Scholarship awardees.
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Inclusive family sports day to raise awareness of eye condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/inclusive-family-sports-day-to-raise-awareness-of-eye-condition
The University will be hosting an event to introduce sports for people with reduced vision and to raise awareness of the eye condition Nystagmus on Sunday 1 November.
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Leicester scientists investigating ancient freshwater hundreds of metres below the sea floor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/scientists-ancient-freshwater-below-sea-floor
International expedition off the coast of New England (Massachusetts, USA) includes researchers from the University of Leicester aiming to explore ancient freshwater systems below the ocean floor and up to 100 miles offshore
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Make your mark in space at Leicester’s SpaceUp ‘unconference’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/01-space-up
Space Park Leicester is the headline sponsor for the SpaceUp ‘unconference’ taking place at Dock in Leicester on 16th November. If you’re itching to express your ideas about space, Leicester’s SpaceUp unconference is your chance.
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Industrial Organisation
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/industrial-organisation
Lead: Dr Subir Bose This research group will focus on research that deals with modelling the decision-making behaviour of individuals and firms, and its foundations in economic theory.
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Sustainability
https://le.ac.uk/food-drink/sustainability
Learn more about the sustainable practices in food and drink at Leicester.
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jbridges: Page 28
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/28/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.
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Reaching for the stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/reaching-for-the-stars
A PhD student at our University has been recognised internationally for her research into life on Mars. Berivan Esen is amongst the 30 women around the world who have been awarded the prestigious Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship for 2018-19.
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Project to challenge marginalisation of women in video game industry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/project-to-challenge-2018marginalisation2019-of-women-in-video-game-industry
The marginalised status of women in the video game industry will be challenged by a new international research project involving Dr Alison Harvey from the Department of Media and Communication.
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Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050
Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades - at an event on Wednesday 25 November.