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Physics and Astronomy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/adam_povey/
Announcing 2025 Summer Internships for Leicester Undergraduates Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 9 January 2025 Applications are open for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE2025) scheme for 2nd, 3rd and 4th year Leicester...
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Observing Jupiter’s aurora from the top of a Volcano
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/01/observing-jupiters-aurora-from-the-top-of-a-volcano/
Posted by Rosie Johnson in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 1, 2016 As part of the ground based support for the Juno mission, I visited the Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, in February through to the beginning of March this year.
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Catalan Language and Culture I
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sp2032
Module code: SP2032 Module Aims The course is designed to provide a functional knowledge of the Catalan language as well as an introduction to the basics of Catalan culture.
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Space Telescopes and Lobsters
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/19/space-telescopes-and-lobsters/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 19 November 2021 Want to know how lobsters and space telescopes are connected? Our Prof. Paul O’Brien, Dr Adrian Martindale and Dr Steve Sembay explain. Listen to this clip from the BBC World Service .
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Introducing AstRoSoc: Our Astronomy and Rocketry Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/30/introducing-astrosoc-our-astronomy-and-rocketry-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 September 2020 AstRoSoc is the University of Leicester’s Astronomy and Rocketry Society! If your Curiosity has led you to seek a deeper InSight into the Universe around you, we hold regular...
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Trailblazing astrophysicist and champion of women in science to deliver University of Leicester publ
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/05/01/trailblazing-astrophysicist-and-champion-of-women-in-science-to-deliver-university-of-leicester-public-lecture/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 May 2024 Pulsar discoverer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who made one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20 th century, has been invited to deliver a keynote...
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PlanetarySeminar: Python tutorial for space physics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/14/planetaryseminar-python-tutorial-for-space-physics/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 14 January 2021 Later this month, on Wednesday January 27, Dr Angeline Burrell will be presenting a virtual seminar titled “Python tutorial for space physics”. The seminar will be held over Teams at 14:00 ( click here to join ) .
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Why Not… Run a Crossword Morning?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/12/why-not-run-a-crossword-morning/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 November 2020 Postgraduates within the School run crossword coffee mornings every day to stay connected during home working, writes Rosie Hodnett.
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National Space Centre Lockdown Thematic Weeks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/05/12/national-space-centre-lockdown-thematic-weeks/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 May 2020 During the 2020 lockdown, the National Space Centre continued to engage a national audience with their space-themes videos.
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From air travel getting safer to the doublestandards of sex tourism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/from-air-travel-getting-safer-to-the-double-standard-of-sex-tourism
In the latest in a series of opinion pieces Dr Simon Bennett from the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning has written an article for The Conversation discussing how despite what news stories may suggest, air travel is actually getting safer.