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• University announces campus closure

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/march/20-closure

  En4tUeWwXQE|The University of Leicester has announced that it is to temporarily close the University from 5.00pm on Friday 20 March, to protect and support all students and colleagues during the COVID-19 outbreak.

• First photo from Junos Jupiter orbit released

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/first-photo-from-junos-jupiter-orbit-released

  NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent its first in-orbit view. Juno’s visible-light camera was turned on six days after Juno fired its main engine and placed itself into orbit around the largest planetary inhabitant of our solar system. The new view was obtained on 10 July at 6.

• About the project

  https://le.ac.uk/grassroutes/about

  Grassroutes supports the efforts of independent publishers and literature development agencies to inspire public engagement with the diverse writing cultures of multi-racial Britain.

• The view from the Attenborough

  https://le.ac.uk/hypir/view

  EMOHA · View from the Attenborough Tower As you look out of the windows in the foyers of the Attenborough Tower you are looking in a north westerly direction across the City of Leicester towards the hills of the ancient Charnwood Forest in the distance.

• UK team to lead European mission to study new planets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/uk-team-to-lead-european-mission-to-study-new-planets

  The ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) mission was selected as the next European Space Agency (ESA) science mission, putting UK leadership at the heart of research into planets that lie outside our solar system -- exoplanets.

• Optics

  https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/mixs/optics

  The MIXS optics were designed with inspiration from a lobster’s eye. This is because instead of using lenses, like how our eyes work, it uses mirrors to reflect the light. There are lots of small channels that allow the X-rays to be reflected and focused onto the detector.

• Festival of Careers

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/careers/festival-of-careers

  Our annual Festival of Careers is a huge graduate recruitment event with a wide range of top employers from across many sectors visiting the Leicester campus.

• Early-risers may catch “Father Christmas” on his way back to the North Pole via the skies above the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/father-christmas-skies-space-park-leicester

  The International Space Station is due to make a 'high pass' at 06:18 local time and, weather permitting, visible until around 06:23

• Legal drugs: all the pros and none of the cons?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/legal-drugs

  Read the article "Legal drugs: all the pros and none of the cons?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• Events

  https://le.ac.uk/politics/events

  Upcoming events.