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Six Leverhulme Early Career Fellows to join University of Leicester to conduct groundbreaking research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/leverhulme
Six academics will join the University of Leicester in the 2023/24 academic year after being awarded Early Career Fellowships from the Leverhulme Trust.
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University of Leicester scientists capture Neptune’s auroras for first time using JWST
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/neptune-auroras-first-time-jwst
Long-sought auroral glow finally emerges under JWST’s powerful gaze, as team led from University of Leicester observed Neptune using JWST’s near-infrared instrument
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What our students say
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/our-students
Hear from some of our students as they talk about their experiences as undergraduate students in Geology at Leicester.
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Ancient History and Classical Archaeology MA, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/ancient-history-and-classical-archaeology-ma-dl/2026
Combine the study of ancient history with archaeology to explore the societies of Greece and Rome, those that surrounded them, and their influence both on the past and the modern world
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Leicester Planetary Scientist in BBC Earth Feature on Jupiter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/07/leicester-planetary-scientist-in-bbc-earth-feature-on-jupiter/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 June 2021 Dr. Henrik Melin was interviewed for a feature for @BBCEarth about the greatest of planets – Jupiter. He discusses Juno’s exploration of the giant planet, and highlights some of the latest discoveries.
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Astrophysics Seminar 3pm Wednesday 10th November
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/08/astrophysics-seminar-3pm-wednesday-10th-november/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2021 Freeke van der Voort (Cardiff) A remote talk on Teams describing the distribution of r-process elements in simulations of Milky-Way-sized galaxies.
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Centenary celebrations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2025/05/21/centenary-celebrations/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 May 2025 Physics starting out in 1925 in the ‘Main Building’ (Photo credit: Liz Blood) The first students to study physics at what was then University College, Leicester were enrolled in 1925.
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mkj13: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/matthew_james/page/2/
PlanetarySeminar: Geometry of Jupiter’s Magnetic Field & observability of Decameter Radiation in the Juno era Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 2 November 2020 At 16:00 on Wednesday 11th November 2020, Dr Yasmina Martos from NASA Goddard Space Flight...
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Emma Bunce Discusses Planetary Missions on RAS podcast
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/01/prof-bunce-interviewed-for-ras-podcast/
Posted by slc25 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 October 2020 “I think I would probably go back in time and pick Voyager… “ Our Head of School, and President of the Royal Astronomical Society Prof.
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Three-Minute Wonder Competition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/03/20/three-minute-wonder-competition/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 March 2020 Leicester physicists are involved in 3 Minute Wonder competition .