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• January 2021 Digest

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/01/january-2021-digest/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 February 2021 With 2020 now behind us, the Physics Community team would like to say a virtual “welcome to 2021,” and to share some of the stories on our School blog from the past few weeks.

• NGTS discovers an extremely small star in an eclipsing binary

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/01/ngts-discovers-an-extremely-small-star-in-an-eclipsing-binary/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 September 2020 Leicester PhD student Jack Acton discusses his latest discovery, a record breaking eclipsing binary system found in data from the NGTS exoplanet survey.

• Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/14/

  Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.

• Are employees who revolt against their managers always ‘snakes’?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/03/11/are-employees-who-revolt-against-their-managers-always-snakes/

  Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on March 11, 2017 In his second blog on the theme, ULSB PhD student Rasim Kurdoglu explores the recent sacking of Leicester City’s manager and the suggestion that this was caused by a player revolt.

• Senate regulation 6: Regulations governing taught postgraduate programmes of study: Award (6.74-6.94)

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-6/sr6-part-6-award

  Learn more about awards regulations in Senate Regulation 6.

• Awful Things Began to Happen: Rapid Change of Ainu Homeland and Convict Labour as Seen by the Ainu,

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/01/27/awful-things-began-to-happen-rapid-change-of-ainu-homeland-and-convict-labour-as-seen-by-the-ainu-by-minako-sakata/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on January 27, 2015 The Kamikawa region is one of areas that today still has relatively a large population of the Ainu.

• Prehistoric penis worms shed light on ocean ecology half a billion years ago

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/prehistoric-2018penis-worms2019-shed-light-on-ocean-ecology-half-a-billion-years-ago

  Dr Tom Harvey from the Department of Geology has been involved in a study along with researchers at the University of Cambridge into Ottoia, a type of phallic-shaped ‘penis worm’ – and has helped to identify that the creature used a bizarre set of teeth to drag itself across...

• Figures associated with University receive Queens birthday honours

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/figures-associated-with-university-receives-queen2019s-birthday-honours

  An archaeologist whose work helped to establish a new branch of her discipline is one of several figures associated with the University of Leicester to be honoured in the Queen’s birthday honours.

• New stateoftheart teaching and research facility certified as UKs largest nonresidential Passivhaus building

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-state-of-the-art-teaching-and-research-facility-certified-as-uk2019s-largest-non-residential-passivhaus-building

  Our cutting-edge new Centre for Medicine building, built by contractor Willmott Dixon and designed by Associated Architects, has officially received Passivhaus Certification – officially making it the largest Passivhaus building in the UK.

• Ichthyosaur skull in Leicester museum reveals Jurassic secrets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/12-ichthyosaur

  A new scientific study has re-examined a series of fossil skulls from the UK, providing new insights into two species of extinct marine reptiles.