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• Matter detected falling into a black hole at 30 percent of the speed of light

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/21-matter-falling-into-a-black-hole

  A team of astronomers led by our Department of Physics and Astronomy report the first detection of matter falling into a black hole at 30% of the speed of light, located in the a distant galaxy.

• Freemen's multi-storey car park

  https://le.ac.uk/engagement/community/residents/car-park

  Our Freemen’s Common Multi-Storey Car Park (MSCP) is also open to the general public throughout the year.

• Leicester honorary graduates announced for 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/09-honorary-graduates-2019

  The University of Leicester has announced this year’s recipients of honorary degrees, awarded to those in recognition of their achievements in their respective fields.

• Hollywood star among six more honorary graduates of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/honorands2

  Entrepreneurs Ian Mattioli MBE and Jimmy Mayer were both conferred a Doctorate of Laws for successful business careers and a history of philanthropy.

• Why public health campaigns and the BMI scale may do more harm than good- claim

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/why-public-health-campaigns-and-the-bmi-scale-may-do-more-harm-than-good-claim

  Dr Oli Williams, Research Associate in the University’s Department of Health Sciences, has recently shared why well-intentioned public health campaigns such as the sugar tax might not have the intended effect, and potentially even exacerbate disparities in health.

• Asteroid fragments narrow down timeframe for giant planets’ current orbits

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/giant-planet-instability

  University of Leicester-led study suggests that the orbital instability of the giant planets happened between 60-100 million years after the beginning of the Solar System, with evidence found in meteorites linked to asteroid believed to be remains of a destroyed planetesimal

• University provides opportunity for children to win photograph taken from space

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/university-provides-opportunity-for-children-to-win-photograph-taken-from-space

  Children around the UK are invited to enter a competition organised by the University's National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), the UK’s leading research centre for studying our planet using observations from satellites in space, to win a large photograph of Earth...

• Virtual proctoring of English tests privacy notice

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/privacy/students/virtual-proctoring-english-tests

  Find out how the English Language Teaching Unit handles your data as an applicant or student at the University of Leicester.

• Launch yourself into the space industry with new conversion course for professionals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/space-missions

  Led by University of Leicester and run in partnership with space law practice Alden Legal and Meridian Space Command, the new course covers the entire space mission lifecycle from conception through to operations

• Cat-ching criminals with DNA from pet hairs

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/cat-dna

  Cat hair could be the purr-fect way to catch criminals, according to researchers from the University of Leicester.