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Library Internship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/02/20/internship/
Posted by Ceri Ashwell in Library Special Collections on February 20, 2014 From the majority of people I’ve spoken to it seems that few expected to work in academic libraries after leaving university. And the same goes for me.
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jbridges: Page 26
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/26/
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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Museums Alive!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2014/11/20/museums-alive/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on November 20, 2014 A guest blog post by Ryan Nutting Museums Alive! participants The PhD students at the University of Leicester School of Museum Studies recently partnered with the Migration Museum Project to...
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Researchers find alternative way to extract high purity silver from used solar panels
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/bsf-solar-cells
A a new way of extracting valuable metals from end-of-life solar panels has been developed.
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First-ever University Challenge champs aim to bring trophy back to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/university-challenge
A team of University of Leicester students will be bidding to bring the BBC University Challenge trophy back to the East Midlands for the first time since 1963.
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MA Museum Studies Placement Week 5-6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/08/26/ma-museum-studies-placement-week-5-6/
Posted by can19 in Library Special Collections on August 26, 2022 A page by page outline with original drawings for ‘Numbers’ Simple Maths series by Rose Griffiths. I have now completed another two weeks of the placement it is crazy to think how quickly this has gone.
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Grants and awards
https://le.ac.uk/genetic-epidemiology/grants-and-awards
Explore the grants and awards for Genetic Epidemiology research at the University of Leicester.
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Study on dopamine neurons could improve mobility and neurological disorder research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/study-on-dopamine-neurons-could-improve-mobility-and-neurological-disorder-research
A research team from the Department of Biology has discovered for the first time both when and why the particular cells in the brain that affect movement are active - after examining transparent zebrafish.
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New cave discoveries shed light on Native and European religious encounters in the Americas
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-cave-discoveries-shed-light-on-native-and-european-religious-encounters-in-the-americas
A project led by archaeologists from the British Museum and our University has discovered remarkable evidence which shows how the first generations of Europeans to arrive in the Americas engaged with indigenous peoples and their spiritual beliefs deep inside the caves of a...
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Graduation Gallery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/graduation-gallery
Congratulations to all of the students who have graduated this week and to the distinguished leaders who received honorary degrees from the University.