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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.

• Research finds Earths technosphere now weighs 30 trillion tons

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-finds-earths-2018technosphere2019-now-weighs-30-trillion-tons

  An international team led by our geologists has made the first estimate of the sheer size of the physical structure of the planet’s technosphere – suggesting that its mass approximates to an enormous 30 trillion tons.

• Biography of Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys

  https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/biography

  A short biography of Sir Professor Jeffreys - the inventor of DNA fingerprinting. From research at Leicester to Knighthood and current work.

• Unique exceptionally preserved fossil named in honour of Sir David Attenborough

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/unique-2018exceptionally-preserved2019-fossil-named-in-honour-of-sir-david-attenborough

  An international team of scientists led by our University has discovered a new 430 million-year-old fossil and has named it in honour of Sir David Attenborough – who grew up on the University campus.

• Understanding Extremism: Causes, Actions and Solutions

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/cr3002

  Module code: CR3002

• Understanding Extremism: Causes, Actions and Solutions

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/cr3002

  Module code: CR3002

• Understanding Extremism: Causes, Actions and Solutions

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/cr3002

  Module code: CR3002

• The Leicester policy expert making a difference in Parliament

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/rick-whitaker

  Rick Whitaker, Professor of Politics at the University of Leicester, is bringing his research to Parliament thanks to his special advisor role.

• Laser-firing spacecraft lauded by Leicester Director

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/laser-firing-spacecraft-lauded-by-leicester-director

  Professor John Remedios, Head and Professor of Earth Observation Science and head of the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) at our University has been involved in an event for a new European Space Agency instrument.

• Issues around interviewing

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/interviewing/issues

  Discover the issues that may surround interviewing, such as: bias, rapport, reciprocation, cultural considerations and interpreters.