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Nuclear expert cautions against unfamiliar new nuclear age
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/nuclear-technologies
High-tech advances in weapons technologies and a return of ‘great power nuclear politics’, risk the world ‘sleepwalking’ into a nuclear age vastly different from the established order of the Cold War, according to new research undertaken at the University of Leicester.
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Rotting fish help solve mystery of how soft tissue fossils form
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fish-ph-fossils
One of the finest examples of such fossils includes a Cretaceous-era octopus of the extinct genus Keuppia unearthed in Lebanon, estimated to be at least 94 million years old. Sarah Gabbott is a Professor of Palaeobiology and co-author of the paper.
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Intimidation, slurs and threats – study uncovers racism in rural England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/intimidation-slurs-threats-study-racism-rural-england
A study into racism in rural England has found many minority ethnic individuals and families feel the countryside is an unwelcoming and unsafe place to visit.
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Jupiter's crowning glory
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/jupiter
On 5 July 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft entered a polar orbit around Jupiter – 13 years after Leicester’s Professor Stan Cowley became attached to the project as Co-Investigator.
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Literature and Decolonisation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en3041
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Literature and Decolonisation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en3041
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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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Charles Dickens
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7122
Module code: EN7122 This option module will acquaint you with a wide range of Dickens's writings from the 1830s through the 1860s. We will explore his novels, journalism, and travel writing.
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Conservation, Heritage and the Urban Environment
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs7511
Module code: HS7511 During this module, you'll examine the environment of present-day towns and cities and how they are (or are not) conserved.
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Conservation, Heritage and the Urban Environment
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs7081
Module code: HS7081 During this module, you'll examine the environment of present-day towns and cities and how they are (or are not) conserved.