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Leicester scientists discover ‘Star Wars’ planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/leicester-scientists-discover-star-wars-planet
Scientists from the University of Leicester has revealed for the first time that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings - similar to the planet Tatooine in Star Wars.
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From Gin Lane to Westminster: politics, culture and society in the age of Walpole
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3717
Module code: HS3717/3718 Module Outline The eighteenth century is a particularly exciting period to study as it is a period of genuine transition from the early modern period, dominated by confessional politics and an agrarian economy, to the modern era of urbanisation and...
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Multi-million pound international investment to launch new industrial research facility in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/multi-million-pound-international-investment-to-launch-new-industrial-research-facility-in-leicester
A multi-million pound Research Centre for metal and alloys has been launched in Leicester. It will enable the University of Leicester and partners to work with China for an initial period of five years to bring advanced thinking to metal production.
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Leicester combines expertise with NASA to power spacecraft into new frontiers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/rhu-stirling-1-770
University of Leicester signs International Space Act Agreement with NASA to support collaboration between Space Park Leicester and NASA’s Glenn Research Center on a novel Radioisotope Power System design and laboratory test campaign
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New approach provides potential vaccine and treatment for Alzheimer’s
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/tapas
A promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease – and also vaccinate against it – has been developed by a team of UK and German scientists.
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Mini-Dissertation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar7527
Module code: AR7527 This dissertation is an exciting opportunity for you to undertake a substantial, self-contained body of research on an approved topic of your choosing – allowing you to bring together all of the research and wider reading skills you have developed.
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Language in the Digital Age
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en2193
Module code: EN2193 Digital technology is transforming how humans engage with the world and each other, and this includes our use of language.
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Charles Dickens: A Writer in Progress
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7140
Module code: EN7140 The 1840s was a key decade in the life and career of Charles Dickens.
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The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3688
Module code: HS3688 The kingdom of Northumbria dominated Anglo-Saxon England between the mid-seventh and mid-eighth centuries, in war, politics, art and culture.
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When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3689
Module code: HS3689 The Anti-Japanese War of Resistance, as World War II in China is known, was one of the most devastating conflicts of the 20th century.