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Flaring star could be down to young planet’s disc inferno
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/planetary-disc-inferno
New simulations led by University of Leicester offer new explanation for star’s 85-year flare. In this scenario, a young giant planet is burning up very close to its star, suggesting solar systems may have hosted many of such planets that have since ‘evaporated’
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More attention needed on employee involvement to fix Britains productivity problem
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/more-attention-needed-for-the-2018human-factor2019-in-management
A report entitled Involvement and Productivity – The missing piece of the puzzle?’ released this week by the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) argues that effective employee involvement at work is essential to boosting productivity in the UK.
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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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Mathematics
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Our courses in Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence set you up to work in fields as far-reaching as high-energy physics and economic forecasting.
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Incident updates
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We will keep staff, students and the public up to date on any ongoing situations affecting campus and potentially staff and student wellbeing. There are no ongoing incidents at present.
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Annual Alumni Meeting
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University entrepreneurs win place on innovative VentureVersity accelerator programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/ventureversity-teams
Judges choose the 11 teams to join first VentureVersity Commercialisation Accelerator, turning academic ideas into reality. Businesses, students, academics and entrepreneurs have joined forces in first-of-its-kind collaboration to help bring more university spin outs to market.
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Partners, academics and advisory team
https://le.ac.uk/colonial-countryside/about/partners
Find out more about the partnerships within the Colonial Countryside project, which include: Peepal Tree Press, Writing East Midlands and the National Trust.
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Vaccines for school and colleges
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/vaccines/school-and-colleges
We use vaccines to build up immunity to dangerous, disease-causing pathogens. Learn more about vaccines on The University of Leicester website.