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• TEDx comes to Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/tedx-comes-to-leicester

  Some of Leicester’s best known institutions and organisations are getting behind an inspiring event, which is set to bring some of the Leicester’s best thinkers and community activists to the city this year.

• Biggest ever Festival of Careers underway

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/biggest-ever2019-festival-of-careers-underway

  The fifth annual Festival of Careers kicked off at our University this week, with hundreds of graduate employers due to visit the campus from 3 - 7 October 2016, including Airbus, Nationwide, Jaguar Land Rover, Sky and IBM.

• Research finds Earths technosphere now weighs 30 trillion tons

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-finds-earths-2018technosphere2019-now-weighs-30-trillion-tons

  An international team led by our geologists has made the first estimate of the sheer size of the physical structure of the planet’s technosphere – suggesting that its mass approximates to an enormous 30 trillion tons.

• First photo from Junos Jupiter orbit released

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/first-photo-from-junos-jupiter-orbit-released

  NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent its first in-orbit view. Juno’s visible-light camera was turned on six days after Juno fired its main engine and placed itself into orbit around the largest planetary inhabitant of our solar system. The new view was obtained on 10 July at 6.

• Prehistoric peepers provide vital clue in solving ancient Tully Monster mystery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/prehistoric-peepers-provide-vital-clue-in-solving-ancient-tully-monster-mystery

  A 300 million year-old fossil mystery has been solved by a team from the Department of Geology, which has identified that the ancient ‘Tully Monster’ was a vertebrate - due to the unique characteristics of its eyes.

• NIHR anniversary report highlights Leicester research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/nihr-anniversary-report-highlights-leicester-research

  Two projects at the University of Leicester have been highlighted as shining examples of the benefits of research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research since its creation in 2006.

• Most luminous galaxy is ripping itself apart

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/most-luminous-galaxy-is-ripping-itself-apart

  In a far-off galaxy, 12.4 billion light-years from Earth, a ravenous black hole is devouring galactic grub. Its feeding frenzy produces so much energy, it stirs up gas across its entire galaxy.

• Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

  https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/responsible-consumption-production

  The twelfth Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

• Research into agricultural revolution in AngloSaxon England sheds new light on medieval land use

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/research-into-2018agricultural-revolution2019-in-anglo-saxon-england-sheds-new-light-on-medieval-land-use

  Researchers from our University will be shedding new light on how an ‘agricultural revolution’ in Anglo-Saxon England fueled the growth of towns and markets as part of a new project investigating medieval farming habits.

• Associate membership

  https://le.ac.uk/sports/membership/associate-member

  See if you qualify for Associate membership at our sports centres and take advantage of the membership discount.