We recently welcomed BBC Sky at Night on campus to find out about Leicester's involvement in NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter. Last week, Space Scientist and presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock returned to campus to receive an Honorary Doctorate of Science. Here, she explains why receiving the award from Leicester is incredibly special to her. | University of Leicester

1.6K views · 135 reactions | This Barbie is a space scientist. Proud to have a Chancellor who is a real-life Barbie. Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE was named a Barbie Role Model earlier this year for her work promoting science careers to girls. Here she talks about what this means to her: #CitizensOfChange #BarbieTheMovie | University of Leicester | Facebook

Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space scientist and science communicator and presenter of The Sky at Night and the BBC's GCSE Science Live! lectures. She also presented the series Out of this World, on CBBC during lockdown with her daughter, Lauren, now 11. Maggie had her daughter when she was 42 and carried on doing science talks around the world, often with her little girl on stage with her, for the first 4 years of Lauren's life. I particularly marvelled at the Royal Institute lecture I found on Yo

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