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• Learn to speak Student

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/teaching-learning/glossary

  A university is a self-contained little world with its own language and jargon, which you will pick up during your time here. Use this page to get up to speed with some of the essentials.

• Research

  https://le.ac.uk/physics/research

  The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester comprises several research groups: Radio and Space Plasma Physics, Theoretical Astrophysics, Space Research, Earth Observation Science and X-ray and Observational Astronomy.

• Leading thinker on female homosexuality in Muslim communities to give public talk

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leading-thinker-on-female-homosexuality-in-islam-to-give-public-talk

  The latest trends in the study of homosexuality and migration will be explored in a free lecture taking place on 25 November between 5.30 and 7pm in Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3.

• Hunting the silent killer

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/detecting-cancer

  Professor Jacqui Shaw is leading research into new ways of detecting and monitoring cancer through the development of liquid biopsies or blood based tests.

• Leicester athlete Nick Cummins set to compete in Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/leicester-athlete-nick-cummins-set-to-compete-in-wheelchair-rugby-world-championships

  Talented Leicester athlete Nick Cummins is set to tackle the competition in the Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, taking place in Sydney, Australia between 5 – 10 August.

• Blue sky thinking to show support for National Health Service

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/blue-sky-thinking-to-show-support-for-national-health-service

  Our University will be backing the blue this week as it lights up its flagship medical building in celebration of 70 years of the National Health Service. The George Davies Centre will be bathed in blue light from 24 specially fitted LED lamps from 9:30pm on Thursday 5 July.

• An architects view of the Centre for Medicine project

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/an-architect2019s-view-of-the-centre-for-medicine-project

  A leading architectural magazine has run a lengthy feature on the University’s Centre for Medicine project, detailing the array of innovative features that contributed to the building’s title of largest Passivhaus building in the UK.

• Space scientist to give talk on space exploration as Tim Peake embarks on his first spacewalk

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/space-scientist-to-give-talk-on-space-exploration-as-tim-peake-embarks-on-his-first-spacewalk

  As British astronaut Tim Peake takes his first steps outside the International Space Station, enthusiasts are invited to watch the historic event and listen to a talk by Professor John Bridges (pictured) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the...

• Preparing the king for reburial

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/reinterring/preparing-for-reburial

  The team felt that Richard III’s burial container should be made using traditional craft methods, and all materials should be sourced from the British Isles, should be natural, and should have been readily available in the medieval period.

• Treasure trove of planets hiding in dust

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/10-treasure-trove-of-planets-hiding-in-dust

  Treasure trove of planets hiding in dust Stars|New research discovers 'super-Earths' forming around young stars New research by a team of international astronomers, including a University of Leicester researcher, has found that ‘super-Earths’ and Neptune-sized...