Archived News 2010
Spearheading British Eco-Homes
Geography academic advocates change in way housing is planned and constructed
Leicester University students come to Melton to learn about local food
Fifty final year geography undergraduate students from the University of Leicester are due to visit Melton Mowbray on Tuesday 30th November as part of their course on Ecological Futures.
An Evening with Michael Palin
On the evening of Wednesday 20 October, the Department of Geography and the University of Leicester hosted a talk by Michael Palin
NERC Funding Success
Dr Nick Tate has been successful in attracting funding to set up a Knowledge Exchange network concerned with terrestrial LiDAR.
British Council Funds International Workshop
Dr Nick Tate and colleagues in the Netherlands (Dr Nick Hamm of ITC/Twente University) and Southampton (Prof. Peter Atkinson) have been successful in securing funds from the UK-Netherlands Partnership Programme.
Researchers examine how sediment is moved during floods in
Innovative combination of measurements to be used for the first time to assess how the flow of a river affects sediment erosion and deposition, channel stability and the integrity of bridges and other infrastructure. Research impacts hydrologists, engineers, environmentalists and many other groups who live or work on or near rivers.