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Researchers call for armchair astronomers to help find unknown hidden worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/zooniverse
Astronomers have launched a new online initiative, calling for volunteers to come forward and help to search for planets beyond our Solar System.
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University of Leicester astronomers help James Webb Space Telescope glean new insights from distant world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/jwst
• A NASA-coordinated study has today revealed the early origins of a planet 700 light years away • Astronomers from the University of Leicester contributed to research that used the famous James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to investigate the atmosphere of distant planet...
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Difficult Conversations: Public panel to tackle topic of nuclear conflict
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/difficult-conversations-nuclear-weapons
A leading international relations expert has warned of the danger of ‘alarmism’ around nuclear weapons ahead of a public panel discussion.
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£500,000 awarded to create new Deep Space Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/deep-space-centre
A new centre dedicated to the exploration of deep space is to be built at the Space Park Leicester site, after the Wolfson Foundation awarded a £500,000 grant towards the project.
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Contributors
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/contributors
Find out more about the contributors and authors of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Education and CPD courses
https://le.ac.uk/politics/services-for-business/education-and-cpd-courses
Continuing professional development is now an essential element of career development and helps to enhance job security and prospects.
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Science Fiction Cinema
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha3480
Module code: HA3480 This module will consider the history of science fiction in the cinema from the 1920s to the present. It will examine the narrative and thematic concerns of science fiction and the formal and aesthetic strategies of the genre.
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Writing the Past
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ah7703
Module code: AH7703 How did historians in the ancient world make sense of the past? What function did historical writing fulfil in Greece and Rome and how did this change throughout antiquity? How did historians shape their works rhetorically, and make their accounts seem...
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Writing the Past
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ah7703
Module code: AH7703 How did historians in the ancient world make sense of the past? What function did historical writing fulfil in Greece and Rome and how did this change throughout antiquity? How did historians shape their works rhetorically, and make their accounts seem...
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Archaeology, Religion and Belief
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar3553
Module code: AR3553 Religion, belief and ritual are important aspects of the human experience and yet notoriously difficult for archaeologists to understand from the archaeological record.