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Enter the STEM for Britain 2021 Poster Competition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/27/enter-the-stem-for-britain-2021-poster-competition/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 27 October 2020 Applications for the STEM for Britain 2021 poster competition are now open, and we encourage all early career researchers in the School of Physics and Astronomy to apply.
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The “Wall of Women” visits the School of Physics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/03/20/the-wall-of-women-visits-the-school-of-physics/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 March 2020 The School of Physics celebrates International Women’s Day Thank you to all the amazing women who contribute to this department! International Women’s Day is a day on which the social, cultural,...
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Leicester’s Virtual Community during Lockdown
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/05/20/leicesters-virtual-community-during-lockdown/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 May 2020 Leicester’s physics PGR cohort attend virtual social events As social distancing becomes a fixed feature in our lives, maintaining social connections virtually becomes more vital than ever.
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National Space Centre’s Women in Space Series
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/01/national-space-centres-women-in-space-series/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 December 2020 Leicester Space Scientists have been included in a series of interviews by the National Space Centre focussing on Women in Space and careers in STEM.
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Citizen Awards 2021 – Congratulations to Mervyn Roy and Simon Vaughan
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/19/citizen-awards-2021-congratulations-to-mervyn-roy-and-simon-vaughan/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 19 November 2021 Congratulations to our directors of teaching and learning Dr Mervyn Roy and Dr Simon Vaughan for winning the 2021 Ignite Innovator award #CitizensAwards21 Huge congratulations to our...
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An Interview with DiscoverPhDs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/08/03/an-interview-with-discoverphds/
Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 3 August 2020 Leicester physicist interviewed by DiscoverPhDs to help future PhD students, written by Harneet Sangha. One of our final year PhD students, Harneet Sangha, was recently interviewed by online platform DiscoverPhDs.
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Celebrating Diwali 2022
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/01/great-school-turnout-to-celebrate-diwali-2022/
The School of Physics and Astronomy were pleased to bring back the complimentary food tasting of traditional Diwali snacks and sweets as part of the Diwali celebrations.
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Phil Evans
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/philip_evans/
Dr Phil Evans, Swift Development Scientist, develops tools and techniques to facilitate the exploitation of x-ray data from Swift for astrophysical research. Follow him on Twitter @swift_phil.
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Observing Jupiter’s aurora from the top of a Volcano
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/01/observing-jupiters-aurora-from-the-top-of-a-volcano/
Posted by Rosie Johnson in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 1, 2016 As part of the ground based support for the Juno mission, I visited the Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, in February through to the beginning of March this year.
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Liven your lectures – engage your students with an active learning approach
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/09/liven-your-lectures-engage-your-students-with-an-active-learning-approach/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 9, 2018 Active learning is an umbrella term for learning and teaching methods which put the student in charge of their own learning through meaningful activities.