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Pyramid of Geezers how to assemble a perfect human pyramid
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/pyramid-of-geezers
Physics students have calculated the formula for a perfect human pyramid – and have found that the best suited candidates to achieve maximum height are groups of men, women and children.
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University of Leicester astronomers discover Great Cold Spot on Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/university-of-leicester-astronomers-discover-great-2018cold2019-spot-on-jupiter
A second Great Spot has been discovered on Jupiter by University of Leicester astronomers, rivalling the scale of the planet’s famous Great Red Spot and created by the powerful energies exerted by the great planet’s polar aurorae.
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First confirmed neutron star merger re-appears from behind the Sun
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/first-confirmed-neutron-star-merger-emerges-from-behind-the-sun
A research team including astronomers and astrophysicists at the Universities of Warwick and Leicester had to wait over 100 days for the sight of the first confirmed neutron star merger to re-appear from behind the glare of the Sun.
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Volunteering
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/charnwood-roots/volunteering
Victoria County History Trust volunteer interviews We are looking for people to help with the following activities: Documentary research Historic building surveys Oral history interviews Community digs and fieldwalking Landscape surveys Transcription...
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Geography PhD students
https://le.ac.uk/gge/people/phd/geography
Browse the current PhD students in Geography within the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment at the University of Leicester, and see their contact details.
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Online programmes and activities
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/online
Bookings To book a live KS1/KS2 online session or an in-school workshop with the Botanic Garden Education Officer please email the Botanic Garden. Botanic Garden board game A fun, printable board game based on the University of Leicester Botanic Garden for ages 6-9.
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Breakthrough for firm working to protect satellites from ‘space bullets’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/space-bullet
A company based at the University of Leicester working on a pioneering system to save the space industry billions every year has successfully demonstrated the operation of its technology in orbit.
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Christian makes University of Leicester history after graduating from flagship minority ethnic PhD scholarship scheme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/christian-graduating-flagship-minority-ethnic-phd-scholarship
Christian Davis has made history after becoming the first to graduate from the University of Leicester’s pioneering minority ethnic PhD scholarship scheme.
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Leicester leads major breakthrough in asbestos linked cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/confirm
A University of Leicester led team has made a major breakthrough in treating mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer linked to breathing in asbestos, which could help add years to patients’ lives.
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Leicester creates ‘dynamic partnership’ with Allama Iqbal Open University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/aiou-partnership
The University of Leicester has today (Thursday) committed to collaborate with one of the world’s largest universities to deliver a new faculty development programme.