January

Pilot fatigue – a threat to safety: University of Leicester safety expert criticises proposals to relax flight-time limits
Public lecture by Alastair Campbell at University of Leicester: Talk by former Director of Communications and Strategy for the Labour Government on 16 January 2013
‘Cell suicide programme’ can be key to treating lung cancer: Inaugural lecture from Professor Dean Fennell to be held at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 15 January
Star Wars: What would hyperspace travel really look like?: Physics students shed new light on Millennium Falcon’s hyperdrive system – using Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity
The Search for King Richard III: Announcement of media conference
New evidence indicates auroras occur outside our solar system: University of Leicester-led study suggests ‘northern lights’ occur on some small and ‘failed’ stars
Tiny fossils hold answers to big questions on climate change: University of Leicester geologists help trace glacial ice over 12,000 years
Innovations in Remote Sensing Event – Wednesday 23rd January 2013: Showcase event to feature University of Leicester earth observation science experts
“When the man was weighed, as in a Balance!” Assessment as Social Science: Assessment and the concept of fairness discussed at University of Leicester Inaugural Lecture on Tuesday 22 January
Former University of Leicester student to be installed as new Chancellor: Distinguished Labour Life Peer the Rt. Hon. Lord Grocott to be installed as sixth Chancellor of the University of Leicester on Thursday 24 January
The Search for King Richard III - University of Leicester Media Conference Logistics Note: Details of press conference on Monday 4 February at University of Leicester
Recession hits workplaces, but not employee attitudes: University of Leicester management expert involved in new study
University of Leicester to honour gold medal-winning Paralympic athlete and science campaigner: Danielle Brown and Diana Garnham to receive Honorary Degrees on 25 January 2013
Event will offer advice and support to families with history of breast cancer: University of Leicester’s GENIE to host Lifestyle and Cancer Awareness Workshop on February 23 World Cancer Day is Monday, February 4
Comedy with a difference at Embrace Arts: Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival events at the University of Leicester's arts centre