The Doctoral Inaugural Lectures will explore exciting advances in archaeology and pharmacology. These lectures show the cutting edge of research at the University of Leicester and demonstrate the vital role that research students play in the University’s research environment.
Dr Sam Cheyney, presenting ‘The Hidden Depths: 3D interpretation of archaeological magnetic data’, will discuss his advances in archaeological surveying. Tackling the issue of current inaccurate and failing methods in archaeological geophysics, Dr Cheyney will introduce his research on using 3D models, which allows a greater interpretation of magnetic data.
Joining Dr Cheyney will be Dr Chenglong Shang, presenting ‘Do you want to know how tablets break? Modelling powder compaction and breakage of compacts’.
Dr Shang will be discussing his research on the relationship between the compaction of powder materials and the breakage behavior of tablets after their compaction. This research has gained great interest in the pharmaceutical industry due to the importance of understanding how pharmaceutical tablets break when ingested.
Entry to the lectures on Tuesday 11 June at 5.30pm is free and the general public is welcome to attend. The lectures will be held in Attenborough Lecture Theatre 1 at the University of Leicester.
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Final year Engineering undergraduate student, Harvey Hayman will be taking part in a drive between the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) building in London on 18 June and the University of Aberdeen on 21 June.
46 Formula Student universities will participate along a driving route of over 1700 miles during which they plan to secure three eco-driving awards.
The car will stop for 30 minutes at the University of Leicester's main campus at 01:55am on 20 June. Harvey will then drive the vehicle onto Loughborough University for the next leg of the race.
Formula Student is Europe's most established educational motorsport competition run by the IMechE. Universities from across the globe are challenged to design and build a single-seat racing car in order to compete in events which demonstrate their understanding and test the performance of the vehicle. The 2013 Formula Student competition will take place at Silverstone Circuit on 3 - 7 July.
]]>The project: “To develop the capability to characterise and assess insulating materials and key components for low-loss High Voltage DC (HVDC) electrical transmission”
Thank you to everyone involved in all your hard work in making this project “outstanding” in the assessment panels eyes.
All winners will be invited to the KTP Awards Ceremony in autumn 2013. In 2012 all awards were presented at a special KTP Awards event in London attended by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science.
]]>The annual Summer Reunion this year celebrates the historically ground-breaking discovery of Richard III and the anniversaries of the Department of Geography, the Department of Engineering and the Students’ Union.
Activities have been laid on in order to cater to all ages and interests. The Department of Engineering shall be showcasing real robots and the University of Leicester Racing Team’s all-electric race car. Visitors fascinated by the recent unearthing of Richard III can hear from key figures on the Richard III Project team, including Dr Turi King of the Department of Genetics and genealogist Professor Kevin Schürer.
Why not get hands-on with the many workshops happening? Guests can take part in displays connected to the Richard III project, and Embrace Arts, our University’s arts centre will be presenting a wide range of dance, arts, music and crafts events.
Parents need not worry about entertaining the youngest in the family: kids activities such as face-painting, magic shows and rides have been arranged, as well as a BBQ on the main campus for all to enjoy.
If that wasn’t enough, graduates can also revel in the first ever Leicester Alumni black tie dinner, the White Rose Ball, which is taking place the evening before the Open Day, on Friday 28th June.
This event is proving to be hugely popular so do not delay in booking your place for the Summer Reunion Open Day by visiting www.le.ac.uk/alumni/reunion.
]]>As the sole UK university to develop formal links with MAU, a delegation from the University of Leicester is attending the formal opening of the University by the President of India Mr Pranab Mukherjee, on 25 May.
Under the agreement, Leicester will work with MAU initially in Engineering and Computer Science. Students will have the opportunity to complete part of their course in India and part in Leicester subject to satisfactory performance as specified by Leicester and also depending on course options followed at MAU.
Students could also be eligible for Study Abroad options leading to degrees awarded by MAU and progress onto Master’s courses at Leicester, subject to qualification.
]]>The lecture will explain, through case studies, how to develop models for metal processing and how these can be used to simulate metal processing.
Processing of metals is a science, art and hobby and its history can be dated back to 5000BC when small pieces of copper were hammered and ground to make the first tools and weapons. Today, metal processing, through innovation, has been industrialised and is the most economic and effective way to make individual parts, assemblies or large scale structures.
Professor Dong will explain that the most important innovations in metal processing throughout history were made through trial and error experiments. However this has changed dramatically over the last 20 years as computational modelling becomes a more and more powerful tool in metal processing research.
'How Metal Works – Let Me Compute the Ways’ will be held at the Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 1, University of Leicester, University Road, on Tuesday 21 May at 5.30pm. The lecture is free and open to the public.
]]>Highlights from its Richard III Open Day on Saturday 29 June include talks from experts Professor Lin Foxhall, Head of our School of Archaeology and Ancient History, geneticist Dr Turi King, forensic engineering expert Professor Sarah Hainsworth, Renaissance literature scholar Dr Sarah Knight, and Dr Tracey Elliott of the School of Law.
There will also be drop-in sessions to the Department of Genetics and School of Archaeology and Ancient History, where guests will be able to participate in workshops, displays and demos.
The events are also part of this year’s Summer Reunion Open Day, held annually for graduates of the University both across the UK and worldwide.
There will also be a BBQ on the main campus, drinks in the 1923 Restaurant and children’s activities.
To book your place and for more information about the Richard III Open Day – which is open to the general public – visit here.
The Search for Richard III was led by the University of Leicester, working with Leicester City Council, and in association with the Richard III Society.
]]>Adam Brown (pictured), a doctoral student from Solihull, was selected as the stand-out presenter in the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining event with his talk on Exploring the Use of Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering Methods to Detect Heterogeneous Nucleation.
He will now represent the UK at the world final of the YPLC to be held in Hong Kong later this year where he will compete for World champion status.
]]>University of Leicester are hosting an interactive event demonstrating the magnificent visual displays that can be created from everyday household objects.
On Friday 15 March the University will be giving its staff, students and the general public an exciting opportunity to engage with ‘The Magic of Maths’ for National Science & Engineering Week is an annual event organised by the British Science Association.
Whether you have 5 minutes or half an hour to spare, you’ll be able join Dr José Rodriquez (University of Almeria in Spain), Dr Frank Neumann (pictured, Department of Mathematics) and a number of current University of Leicester Mathematics students in exploring the strange world of geometry in this fun and visually entertaining activity.
This hands-on, drop-in demonstration is taking place in the Square of the Students Union, Percy Gee Building, between 10.00am and 12.00pm and everyone is welcome to come along and get involved.
This year’s National Science and Engineering Week, with the overall theme of 'Invention and Discovery', starts this Friday (15 March 2013) and runs until Sunday 24 March 2013.
For more information on this event, on our other activities taking place here at the University and to find out about the National Science and Engineering Week initiative, please visit our website at: www.le.ac.uk\nsew
]]>As well as highlighting opportunities for further study in the College of Science and Engineering, the College of Arts, Humanities and Law and the College of Social Science will be heavily represented. This is a great opportunity to see what these Colleges have to offer and to find out if postgraduate study is right for you.
As well as asking any questions you might have to departmental representatives and current postgraduate students, the evening will also help you to find out about financial arrangements and support available to postgraduate students.
The Open Evening will be held on Tuesday 19th March 2013 from 4.00pm – 7.00pm in the O2 Academy, Percy Gee Building (Students’ Union). The Open Evening is free and all are welcome to attend.
For more information, or to book a place, please click here.
The monthly popular science magazine carried a six-page cover story on Professor Quian Quiroga’s research into how small groups of brain cells are responsible for forming concepts of memory formation.
Professor Quian Quiroga, director of our Centre for Systems Neuroscience, has collaborated with Professor Itzhak Fried, of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, and Professor Christof Koch, of the California Institute of Technology and Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle.
Their recent experiments during brain surgeries have shown that small groups of brain cells are responsible for encoding memories of specific people or objects.
These neurons may also represent different variations of one thing – from the name of a person to their appearance from many different viewpoints.
The researchers believe that single concepts may be held in as little as thousands of neurons or less – a tiny fraction of the billion or so neurons contained in the medial temporal lobe, which is a memory related structure within the brain.
They have found that single neurons can “fire” to related people and objects – for instance, the neuron that responded to images of Luke Skywalker also fired to Yoda, another Jedi from Star Wars.
They argue that relatively small groups of neurons hold concept like Luke Skywalker and that related concepts such as Yoda are held by some but not all of the same neurons.
The group believes this partially overlapping representation of related concepts are the neural underpinnings of encoding associations, a key memory function.
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On Monday, hundreds of students took part in the recording of Leicester’s version of the ‘Harlem Shake’. Many students decided to dress up for the occasion and the University's photographer was on hand to capture the event.
You can watch the full rendition on YouTube:
]]>Stuart Wood, Chief Engineer for Triumph Motorcycles, will give the 15th Annual Industry Lecture for the Department of Engineering entitled 'Integrated Design for Passionate Customers'.
Triumph Motorcycles design and manufacture motorcycles that are sold around the globe.
In a time of world wide market contraction, Triumph have maintained sales volume and increased market share. Triumph has topped the UK motorcycle sales charts for the last two years. Triumph is committed to investment in new models and markets. During the current economic recession Triumph’s design department has increased in size by 90%. Stuart Wood is the Chief Engineer responsible for Concept Design and has been with Triumph for 25 years. Stuart believes in fully integrating every facet of design and development to make our motorcycles the very best they can be.
Taking place at 6.00pm in Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 1. Free admission by ticket only. Contact Julie Hage on jeh33@le.ac.uk.
]]>Dr Alistair McEwan has taken over the role of Programme Director. Email enquiries can be directed to him at hres-director@le.ac.uk. Administrative matters can be directed to hres-admin@le.ac.uk. Professor Michael Pont maintains responsibility for module content and delivery. Enquiries from prospective students may be directed to Dr McEwan.
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