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Calculations reveal Santa travels at 0.5% the speed of light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/21-calculations-reveal-how-quickly-santa-travels
Calculations reveal how quickly Santa travels Santa and reindeer|University of Leicester students have worked out just how fast Santa Claus has to travel to deliver all of his presents on time On Christmas Eve night, Santa Claus and his reindeer fly around the world...
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Senate regulation 6: Regulations governing taught postgraduate programmes of study: Award (6.31-6.42)
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-6/sr6-previous-version/sr6-previous-part-3
Criteria for and classification of awards 6.31 A Postgraduate Certificate, a Postgraduate Diploma and a Masters degree may be awarded with pass, merit, or distinction.
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Special Collections in the News
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/09/11/special-collections-in-the-news/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on September 11, 2014 While we may be tucked away in the basement of the David Wilson Library there are plenty of exciting discoveries to be made in Special Collections, as recent media interest in our collections demonstrates.
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Is it possible to cry a river?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/is-it-possible-to-cry-a-river-after-tottenhams-defeat-leicester-research-examines-plausibility-of-shedding-enough-tears-to-form-a-river
Musicians Arthur Hamilton, Justin Timberlake and unsympathetic people across the world have encouraged others to ‘cry me a river’, a put-down phrase to make light of people’s problems.
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Six Decades of Space Science
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/06/six-decades-of-space-science/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 October 2020 At the start of World Space Week, we’re marking 60 years of space science at the University of Leicester. Leicester has had a Physics Department since 1924, long before it gained University status.
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Physics and Astronomy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/adam_povey/
Announcing 2026 Summer Internships for Leicester Undergraduates Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 January 2026 Applications are open for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE2026) scheme for Leicester undergraduates.
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Quick Guide to Physics & Astronomy Blogging
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/28/quick-guide-to-physics-astronomy-blogging/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 September 2020 We welcome contributions from across the School of Physics and Astronomy, and this brief post describes what we’re looking for in a successful post.
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2019 news
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/contemporary-environments/anthropocene-research-group/news/2019
2 November 2019 Climate Change and the City As part of the ESRC Social Science Festival, “Climate Change and the City” looked at the challenges posed to Cities and Citizens around consumption, production and the future of education.
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Jonathan Taylor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/author/jt265/
Dr. Jonathan Taylor is Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Leicester. His books include the memoir "Take Me Home" (Granta, 2007), and the novels "Melissa" (Salt, 2015) and "Entertaining Strangers" (Salt, 2012).
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How can we talk about Islam after terrorism?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2015/01/19/how-can-we-talk-about-islam-after-terrorism/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on January 19, 2015 Due to the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on 11 January, Islam and Muslims are once again at the centre of public attention.