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Star Flaws the Skywalker twins drift apart
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/the-skywalker-twins-drift-apart
In the original Star Wars trilogy, one of the big revelations is that main characters Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia are actually twins separated at birth.
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May 2025
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/almanac/2024-2025/may
Meetings Other 1 Postgraduate Research Sub-Committee 10.00am Student Skills and Employability Sub-Committee 10.
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June 2026
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/almanac/june
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Leicester Physicists at the UK in Space Festival
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/06/27/leicester-physicists-at-the-uk-in-space-festival/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 27 June 2023 From Mars, to Jupiter, and the planets beyond our solar system, University of Leicester researchers will join experts at the National Space Centre on July 2nd with their insights into our...
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University statement on industrial action
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/statement-strike-action
We are deeply disappointed that confirmed industrial action by members of the Leicester University and College Union (UCU) coincides with the start of the academic year.
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Dr Suzie Imber appears on BBCs The One Show discussing success in Astronauts programme and Universitys involvement in upcoming BepiColombo mission to Mercury
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/dr-suzie-imber-appears-on-bbc2019s-the-one-show-discussing-success-in-2018astronauts2019-programme-and-university2019s-involvement-in-upcoming-bepicolombo-mission-to-mercury
Dr Suzie Imber (pictured) from our Department of Physics and Astronomy, who recently won BBC Two’s ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?’, has discussed her experience taking part in the competition on BBC’s The One Show (8 November).
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Notes for contributors
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/about/journals/museum-society/notes-contributors
See submission guidelines for Museum and Society, the independent peer-reviewed journal from Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.
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LLEP welcomes three new board members
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/llep-welcomes-three-new-board-members
The Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) is delighted to announce the appointment of Chas Bishop, honorary graduate of the University, Karen Smart and Neil McGhee as new LLEP Board Members from the Private Sector.
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Empathy experts share ground-breaking work on global stage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/empathy-conference
A Leicester team which is on a mission to provide the NHS with empathic and compassionate doctors and nurses has shared its work on the global stage
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What do Uranuss cloud tops have in common with rotten eggs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/what-do-uranus2019s-cloud-tops-have-in-common-with-rotten-eggs
Hydrogen sulphide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their charm, appears to permeate the upper atmosphere of the planet Uranus – as has been long debated, but never definitively proven.