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The Planeterrella: an amazing polar light simulator
https://le.ac.uk/physics/outreach/the-planeterrella
The University of Leicester is home to a Planeterrella - a small vacuum chamber within which we recreate auroral lights around magnetic spheres, and visualise cosmic phenomena. Find out how your school can arrange a booking.
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Kazakh students celebrate independence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/kazakh-students-celebrate-independence
Kazakh students from the University of Leicester have taken part in a charity football tournament at Wembley. Wearing University of Leicester and Leicester City emblems, the students were marking the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Independence.
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New publication uncovers hidden histories of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/new-publication-uncovers-hidden-histories-of-leicester
Hidden histories of Leicester and Leicestershire have been published in a journal providing fascinating insights into our local past – including the role played by Mary Attenborough, mother of Richard, David and John Attenborough, in housing refugee Basque children escaping...
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Reflections on my Professional Fellowship: Part Two
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/08/14/reflections-on-my-professional-fellowship-part-two/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on August 14, 2025 In February 2024, I was awarded a Professional Fellowship from The National Archives and Research Libraries UK Professional Fellowship Scheme, 2024-2025.
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Physics with Space Science MPhys
https://le.ac.uk/courses/physics-with-space-science-mphys/2026
This four-year degree expands on the Physics with Space Science BSc to prepare you for high-level entry into industry. It’s also a solid base for pursuing PhD research.
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Inauguration Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis and Modelling (AIDAM)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/blog/2020/06/23/inauguration-centre-for-artificial-intelligence-data-analysis-and-modelling-aidam/
The highly-anticipated opening of the University’s new Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis and Modelling – known as AIDAM – will be taking place at 3pm on 24 June 2020.
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Holocaust Memorial Day: The catalyst for change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/holocaust-memorial-day
Thursday, 27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day, a time to reflect on the past to safeguard the future. At Leicester, the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies plays a pivotal part in achieving this goal.
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University of Sanctuary
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/uni-of-sanctuary
The University of Leicester is committed to offering support and sanctuary to refugees and asylum seekers from around the world and in so doing, helping them to change their lives for the better.
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GHOST in the sky captures Greenhouse Gases
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/ghost-in-the-sky-captures-greenhouse-gases
An instrument co-designed by University of Leicester scientists has been used in aircraft flights over the UK to monitor greenhouse gases.
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Britishness and diverse communities in a post-Brexit world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/26-britishness-and-diverse-communities-in-a-post-brexit-world
Lord Parekh to discuss the crisis of British identity for University of Leicester public lecture on 1 November