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• Vice-Chancellor speaks out on gender inequality in universities at international conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/vice-chancellor-speaks-out-on-gender-inequality-in-universities-at-international-conference

  Our President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has addressed the issue of gender inequality in universities at an international conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Hollywood actress addresses aortic dissection conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/13-aortic-dissection

  On Thursday 19 September, the University of Leicester plays host to the fourth annual Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK, an invitation-only event for aortic dissection patients, relatives and selected healthcare professionals.

• A multidisciplinary team of scientists aim to solve the mystery of magnetoreception

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/magnetoreception

  A significant research grant from the Wellcome Trust will allow a team of researchers to identify the biological mechanisms through which magnetic forces affect animals, including humans

• Project to provide scientists with access to worlds largest highenergy gammaray observatory

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/project-to-provide-scientists-with-access-to-worlds-largest-high-energy-gamma-ray-observatory

  Our University is part of a new project that will provide scientists with access to the world’s largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray observatory. CTA is a global initiative to build the world’s largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray observatory.

• Announcing 2025 Summer Internships for Leicester Undergraduates

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2025/01/09/announcing-sure2025/

  Applications are open for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience scheme, which provides paid opportunities for capable undergraduates to get a flavour of what it is like to work at the cutting-edge of research in the School of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Space.

• Research suggests greater access to Higher Education could have reversed EU referendum result

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/research-suggests-greater-access-to-higher-education-could-have-reversed-eu-referendum-result

  Greater access to Higher Education could have reversed the result of the 2016 EU referendum, according to new research from our Department of Mathematics.

• Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/3/

  Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.

• Council member receives Radio Academy Fellowship

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/19-vijay-sharma-award

  Vijay Sharma 1 Vijay Sharma receiving an award|Vijay Sharma awarded prestigious Fellowship award by The Radio Academy.

• University celebrates International Women's Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/07-international-womens-day

  Staff and students at the University of Leicester have enjoyed an action-packed week dedicated to celebrating women ahead of International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March 2019.

• Twitter gives scientists a genuine voice an opportunity to engage share and explain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/twitter-gives-scientists-a-genuine-voice-2013-an-opportunity-to-engage-share-and-explain

  Dr Leigh Fletcher, from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has discussed the use of social media and blogging to promote his research to a wide audience in an article for The Royal Society In the article, 'Scientific engagement in the age of social media', Dr...