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• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Space power: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Shock Test Success

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/rtg-shock-test

  The University of Leicester 's Space Nuclear Power group has put their Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator through a shock test to prepare it for the harsh environment of a launch or planetary surface landing

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• Thesis submission

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-9/appendix-2/thesis-submission

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• 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...

• National planetary science conference to be hosted in Leicester for first time

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/british-planetary-science-conference

  The four-day British Planetary Science Conference 2024 will be staged at Space Park Leicester and the National Space Centre from 18 - 21 June.