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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.

• Animal mummies unwrapped: hi-res 3D X-rays reveal secrets of life and death in ancient Egypt

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/animal-mummies

  Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers from the University of Leicester and University of Swansea, using high-resolution 3D scans that give unprecedented detail about the animals’ lives and deaths more than 2,000...

• Space Technologies to help protect communities and the environment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/space-technologies-to-help-protect-communities-and-the-environment-1

  Multi-million pound funding for world-class research at our University, to use space technologies to help herders in Mongolia and monitor tropical forests in SE Asia, has been announced by Science Minister Sam Gyimah.

• EMI Teacher Development Programme

  https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/courses-for-teachers/emi

  EMI Teacher's course offered by the University.

• Leicester renews landmark Ethiopia partnership after three decades of collaboration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/gondar-leicester-university-ethiopia-delegation

  University of Leicester has renewed its landmark partnership with the University of Gondar, building on nearly three decades of collaboration in research, education and capacity building.

• PGR Careers blog University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2014/10/28/you-get-out-what-you-put-in/

  PGR Careers blog from the University of Leicester

• Welcome to our Summer Interns

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/29/welcome-to-our-summer-interns/

  SURE summer internships 2021

• Royal Astronomical Society Fowler Award for Beatriz Sanchez-Cano

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/14/royal-astronomical-society-fowler-award-for-beatriz-sanchez-cano/

  A researcher from the University of Leicester has been recognised by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) for her ‘significant contribution’ to scientists’ understanding of the Martian atmosphere.

• Close your eyes and pull like a dog.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/08/18/close-your-eyes-and-pull-like-a-dog/

  Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 18, 2016 As I write this Olympics 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, are in their final days. Once again the four-yearly sports fest has produced a blend of the good, the bad and the ugly.

• Close your eyes and pull like a dog.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/09/22/close-your-eyes-and-pull-like-a-dog-2/

  Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on September 22, 2016 Now that the Olympics and Paralympics are all done, it appears that once again the four-yearly sports fest has produced a blend of the good, the bad and the ugly.