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Physics and Astronomy
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Announcing 2025 Summer Internships for Leicester Undergraduates Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 9 January 2025 Applications are open for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE2025) scheme for 2nd, 3rd and 4th year Leicester...
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Casual astrophysics seminars next week – 28th June 2pm – 30th June 1pm – LTD
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/06/24/casual-astrophysics-seminars-next-week-28th-june-2pm-30th-june-1pm-ltd/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 June 2022 There will be two lunchtime seminars from visitors during the last week of June. 1) Rachael Amaro (University of Arizona) on “Clouds and Circulation in the Irradiated Brown Dwarf NLTT5306B”.
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Astrophysics Seminar – 17th Feb 3pm. JJ Hermes: White dwarf variability as seen from space
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/11/astrophysics-seminar-17th-feb-3pm-jj-hermes-white-dwarf-variability-as-seen-from-space/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 11 February 2021 Please find a teams link in the Astrophysics Group > Seminars area. Abstract: White dwarfs have been used as flux standards for decades, thanks to their staid simplicity.
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Dr. Suzie Imber on Cosmic Shambles
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/28/dr-suzie-imber-on-cosmic-shambles/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 June 2021 Suzie Imber from the School of Physics and Astronomy was one of the guests on this weeks Science Shambles podcast and live Q&A, and you can catch up on Youtube.
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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.
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Exam and assessment support
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Study spaces; Bookable spaces; Pop-up spaces, Academic Skills; Chill out; Zone out
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University will be singing the Blues at victory parade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-shows-support-for-leicester-on-victory-parade
When the final whistle blows at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, it will mark the end of a momentous journey for Leicester City Football Club - the team that ended last season on the cusp of relegation and will finish this season's final match as Premier League champions.
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University of Leicester at the forefront of the fight against far right extremism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/19-national-action
New research provides invaluable insight into far-right political group National Action.
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Student nurses scoop prestigious awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/nursing-times-awards-leicester
Student Nurses Daud Malida and Lily Scott, from the University of Leicester, have won Student Nursing Times Awards