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January 2021 Digest
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/01/january-2021-digest/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 February 2021 With 2020 now behind us, the Physics Community team would like to say a virtual “welcome to 2021,” and to share some of the stories on our School blog from the past few weeks.
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A Leap Forward in the Race to Find Extreme Events Quickly
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/12/06/a-leap-forward-in-the-race-to-find-extreme-events-quickly/
Extreme events in space will be identified faster than ever before thanks to a new tool developed by experts at the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy, write Dr. Phil Evans.
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Unique exceptionally preserved fossil named in honour of Sir David Attenborough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/unique-2018exceptionally-preserved2019-fossil-named-in-honour-of-sir-david-attenborough
An international team of scientists led by our University has discovered a new 430 million-year-old fossil and has named it in honour of Sir David Attenborough – who grew up on the University campus.
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Yearbook Cover Competition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/27/yearbook-cover-competition/
Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 27 November 2020 Are you interested in having your work on the front of the Physics and Astronomy Yearbook? We are holding a competition to choose the cover image of the yearbook! Details are highlighted below.
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Visiting academic staff
https://le.ac.uk/education/people/fellows-tutors-visiting
Browse our teaching fellows, associate tutors and visiting academic staff in the School of Education at Leicester and see their contact details to get in touch with them.
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The Knowledge ‘versus’ Skills Debate, Part 1: forgetting what we know about knowledge.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/24/the-knowledge-versus-skills-debate-part-1-forgetting-what-we-know-about-knowledge/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 24, 2018 One of the many poorly-framed, point-missing ‘debates’ that regularly plague contemporary education goes something like this: ‘should education be focused primarily on...
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World Space Week at the National Space Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/10/04/world-space-week-at-the-national-space-centre-2/
Celebrate World Space Week with a very special mission to the National Space Centre (sleepover optional!) Space Lates is an evening created for people who want to know more – those who have an interest in astronomy, space missions, and the exciting research happening here in...
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Physics and Astronomy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/paul_mcmillan/
Centenary celebrations Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 May 2025 The first students to study physics at what was then University College, Leicester were enrolled in 1925. A class of 10 students were enrolled, and a single lecturer appointed.
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New exhibition by Leicester artists in residence visualises DNA research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/new-exhibition-by-leicester-artists-in-residence-visualises-dna-research
A new exhibition will showcase a unique art and science project by artists in residence at our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology.
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Scientists investigate bumblebee decline due to particulate pollutant exposure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/bees-gut-microbiome-pollution
By studying bumblebee exposure to particulate air pollutants scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that the diversity and behaviour of the bee gut microbial community is altered when exposed to black carbon found in air pollution, disrupting the beneficial...