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Students film breathtaking images of Earth using high altitude weather balloon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/students-film-breathtaking-curvature-of-earth-using-high-altitude-weather-balloon
Physics students have captured breathtaking images of the Earth’s stratosphere using a high altitude weather balloon. The unmanned balloon and sensor payload reached an altitude of 23.6km, putting it at 1.7 times the altitude ceiling of a 747 airliner.
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Scarman lectures
https://le.ac.uk/cssp/events/scarman
Since 2008, Criminology at the University of Leicester has invited high profile guest speakers to deliver papers on current issues in criminology, criminal justice, policing and community safety.
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Light Microscopy Laboratory
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/about/laboratories/light-microscopy-laboratory
The School of Archaeology and Ancient History's dedicated suite of Carl Zeiss light microscopes, which can be used for undertaking research on archaeological materials, environmental samples, artefacts and for a wide variety of applications.
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What a week!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/licl/2015/03/05/what-a-week/
Posted by Dawn Watkins in Law in Children's Lives on March 5, 2015 Children playing ‘Adventures with Lex’ Well – what an exciting week this has been.
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Stargazing nights at Oadby Observatory
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/12/16/stargazing-nights-at-oadby-observatory/
The School of Physics and Astronomy would like to invite staff and their families to a stargazing night at the Oadby Observatory on Manor Road.
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Using Earth Observation to map degradation of air quality in North India
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/28/using-earth-observation-to-map-degradation-of-air-quality-in-north-india/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 September 2020 A new study led by the University of Leicester reveals how seasonal air quality in Northern India is degraded by changes in the timing and amount of agricultural residue burning – by...
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University of Leicester building officially reopened as Kathleen Kenyon Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/kathleen-kenyon-building-naming-ceremony
The University of Leicester's home for the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and the School of Museum Studies has been named after Dame Kathleen Kenyon.
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Oadby and Wigston Growth and Innovation Programme
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/executive-education-programmes/oadby-and-wigston-growth-and-innovation-programme
Why join? Many business owners, managers and leaders have undertaken little or no management training and may be lacking the confidence, knowledge or skills needed to take a serious, thoughtful and informed approach to effective innovation, successful change and impactful growth.
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‘One of the most remarkable men in the entire history of archaeology’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/01/one-of-the-most-remarkable-men-in-the-entire-history-of-archaeology/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on August 1, 2017 Two hundred years ago, on 1 August 1817, the adventurer-Egyptologist Giovanni Belzoni, described by Howard Carter, with good reason, as ‘one of the most remarkable men in the entire history of...
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Ultra-hot gas around remnants of Sun-like stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-stars
Stars (Left) Artist’s impression of the hot white dwarf GALEXJ014636.8+323615 (white) and its ultra-hot circumstellar magnetosphere (purple) trapped with the magnetic field (green). Credit: N. Reindl. (Right) Colour image of the white dwarf GALEXJ014636.