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Difficult Conversations: Public panel to tackle topic of nuclear conflict
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/difficult-conversations-nuclear-weapons
A leading international relations expert has warned of the danger of ‘alarmism’ around nuclear weapons ahead of a public panel discussion.
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Space Park Leicester to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beagle 2 Mars Lander: lost and found
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/beagle-2-lecture
Professor Mark Sims will give a lecture to mark the 20th anniversary of the landing of the Beagle 2 Mars Lander, held at Space Park Leicester on 8 December
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Research explores how destroyed star rains onto black hole
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/destroyed-star-rains-onto-black-hole-winds-blow-it-back
New details about what happens when a black hole tears apart a star have been gathered by a trio of orbiting X-ray telescopes giving scientists, including Leicester astronomers, an excellent opportunity to understand the extreme environment around a black hole.
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New battlefields: the reality of space warfare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/30-new-battlefields-reality-space-warfare
Dr Bleddyn Bowen from the School of History, Politics and International Relations was interviewed by Forces Network for a special feature on the emerging threat of space warfare, Trump’s Space Force, and what Brexit means for the UK in space.
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World on verge of extreme weather ‘tipping point’ warn Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/extreme-weather
Surface Temperature Research Group at University of Leicester gives warning in light of reports of record temperatures in 2023.
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Ireland Under the Union, 1800-1922
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2323
Module code:HS2323 Module Outline Few countries have a more controversial history than Ireland, and no period of Irish history is more controversial – and myth-laden – than that of the Union with Great Britain.
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‘Permissible Beauty’ – New immersive installation at Hampton Court Palace will explore changing notions of beauty through history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/permissible-beauty
Why are some forms of beauty more permissible, more highly valued, than others? A new immersive installation at Hampton Court Palace will bring past and present together to explore this question and to celebrate a new chapter of British Beauty for the 21st century.
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Romanticism: Revolutionary Writing from Blake to Shelley
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3020
Module code: EN3020 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live, read and write during a period of war, revolution and dynamic social change? If so, this is the module for you.
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Grey Friars in old maps and plans
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/grey-friars-in-old-maps
Historic maps of Leicester were an invaluable source of information for pinpointing the potential location of the Grey Friars, charting how that area of the town has changed over the last 400 years.
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Rethinking nuclear weapons strategies
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/nuclear-button
Our research has been influential in raising international awareness of nuclear threats, encouraging governments and policymakers to modernise their thinking.