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• Opening a UK bank account

  https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/advice/bank-account

  Information for our international students about opening a UK bank account, including guidance on necessary documents and waiting times.

• Beneath the feathers how bones reveal the beauty of bird anatomy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/beneath-the-feathers-how-bones-reveal-the-beauty-of-bird-anatomy

  Thought-provoking illustrations showing how the bones of over 200 species of bird are constructed will be shown at the University as part of a new publication by artist and educator Katrina van Grouw between 12 – 1pm in the Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 1 on Thursday 12 February.

• NERC invests 8m into lowcarbon technology research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/nerc-invests-ps8m-into-green-energy-technology-research

  NERC is investing just over £8m in research to ensure we have access to elements needed to develop a variety of low-carbon technologies.

• Student written off after failing his ALevels starts PhD at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/student-2018written-off2019-after-failing-his-a-levels-starts-phd-at-leicester

  Written off at 18 after failing his A-levels, Richard Evans has just embarked on a PhD course at Leicester. The 26-year-old puts his turn around in fortunes down to the support he has received while studying for a BA in Ancient History & Archaeology.

• Leicester satellite experts to help farmers improve fertiliser applications

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/leicester-satellite-experts-to-help-farmers-improve-fertiliser-applications

  Agronomists and farmers could be set to benefit from a partnership between University researchers and Precise Crop Nutrition Ltd (PCNL).

• National Student Survey reveals rise for Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/national-student-survey-reveals-rise-for-leicester

  Efforts made by the University of Leicester to enhance the student experience in response to student feedback has led to its overall student satisfaction rising to 88%, the results of the latest National Student Survey reveal today.

• New observations reveal Jupiters Great Red Spot as mysterious energy source

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-observations-reveal-jupiter2019s-great-red-spot-as-mysterious-energy-source

  Researchers from the University of Leicester and Boston University’s (BU) Center for Space Physics report today in Nature that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may provide the mysterious source of energy required to heat the planet’s upper atmosphere to the unusually high values...

• Astronomers join hunt for Einsteins gravitational sirens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/astronomers-join-hunt-for-einstein2019s-gravitational-sirens

  The first detection of gravitational waves was announced today by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration - and Leicester astronomers were among the first to respond to the detection, searching for the counterpart with X-ray and infra-red telescopes.

• Leicester shaking up the Premier League

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-shaking-up-the-premier-league

  Leicester City Football Club has been making a big impact on the Premier League this season, and their success is sending shockwaves, quite literally, through the city of Leicester.

• Could female traders reduce market crashes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/could-female-traders-reduce-market-crashes

  Researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of Leicester have shown that increasing the proportion of female traders makes the market more volatile, but at the same time can reduce the occurrence of the most extreme crashes.