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• Leicester student research stories rated most out of left field in May

  Date: 1 Jun 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-student-research-stories-rated-most-out-of-left-field-in-may

  The feasibility of crying a river and the plausibility of spells in the Harry Potter universe are the top two most interesting University research...

• Mars closest to Earth in over a decade on Monday 30 May

  Date: 27 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/mars-closest-to-earth-in-over-a-decade-on-monday-30-may

  On Bank Holiday Monday, be prepared for a celestial surprise as a planetary body sidles up next to us - or at least 46 million miles away.

• Scientists and engineers complete testing for space technology for the next decade

  Date: 23 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/scientists-and-engineers-complete-testing-for-space-technology-for-the-next-decade

  A UK team - including scientists from the University – has returned from a series of rigorous tests carried out on instrumentation for the premier...

• Academics bring expertise to Brexit debate

  Date: 20 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/academics-bring-expertise-to-eu-debate

  As the potentially historic EU referendum draws closer and voters consider whether Britain should leave or remain part of the European Union,...

• Leicester experts discuss Brexit in new programme

  Date: 20 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-experts-discuss-brexit-in-new-programme

  With less than a month to go until the EU Referendum, European Union experts from across the university have been giving their views on whether...

• Students growing rocket from outer space

  Date: 17 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/students-growing-rocket-from-outer-space

  Students in our Department of Physics and Astronomy have been growing rocket lettuce from seeds that have been orbiting in space.

• University mathematicians calculate how Foxes won the English Premier League

  Date: 16 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-mathematicians-calculate-how-foxes-won-the-english-premier-league

  Mathematicians at the University have generated the perfect formula to describe the historic achievement of Leicester City Football Club who won...

• Migrant money able to reduce poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Date: 11 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/migrant-money-able-to-reduce-poverty-and-inequality-in-sub-saharan-africa

  A new study, published in The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, has shown that poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa can be...

• The Bulletin - Leicester geology students record biggest ever Vardyquake

  Date: 11 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/the-bulletin-leicester-geology-students-record-biggest-ever-vardyquake

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear how Leicester geology students discovered that fans at...

• Leicester students win international data analytics competition

  Date: 9 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-students-win-international-data-analytics-competition

  A team of two students from the University's Department of Mathematics and one student from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VSE, NL)...