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Leicester Awaits the Launch of Webb
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/29/leicester-awaits-the-launch-of-webb/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 29 January 2021 University of Leicester scientists and engineers are involved in a major new space telescope, the most advanced observatory every built, scheduled for launch later this year from ESA’s...
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Students calculate how much of the Amazon would be required to print the Internet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/students-calculate-how-much-of-the-amazon-would-be-required-to-print-the-internet
Students from the The Centre for Interdisciplinary Science have calculated how much paper would be required to physically print the Internet as we know it - and have worked out that despite the Internet’s enormous size less than 1 per cent of the Amazon rainforest’s...
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Scientists invited to take advantage of leading high energy research centres
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/scientists-invited-to-take-advantage-of-leading-high-energy-research-centres
Our University is facilitating a Europe-wide programme that makes available some of the leading facilities in high energy astrophysics to scientists from around the world.
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Leading steel technology specialists discuss why decarbonising the industry is vital for climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/decarbonising-steel-industry
Government advisor and world-leading steel technology specialists to discuss why decarbonising the steel industry is vital for climate change
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Why choose the University of Leicester?
https://le.ac.uk/study/distance-learners/why-leicester
Leicester is a leading UK university with over 25 years’ experience offering distance learning courses. We combine high quality courses with a vast choice of subjects.
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Setting the record straight
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/record
Find out more about how the University funded the project on our facts and figures page.|A film depicting the Richard III discovery, The Lost King, was released in autumn 2022.
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Troy and the Trojan War
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3073
Module code: AH3073 In this module we will take an interdisciplinary approach, considering Troy from a range of perspectives. We will look at the archaeology of the site, including not only the Bronze Age but also the Iron Age, the Hellenistic age and the Roman occupation.
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Starting with the data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/teachingr/2020/09/07/starting-with-the-data/
problem-based teaching of data analysis with R and the tidyverse
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The Artist in Medieval England
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha2020
Module code: HA2020 This optional module investigates the identity, status and working methods of the artist in medieval England. The period covered will extend from the early Anglo-Saxon period right up to the arrival of artists such as Van Dyck at the Stuart court.
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Research involving the use of animals
https://le.ac.uk/policies/research/use-of-animals
Get more information on the policy in place for the use of animals in research at the University of Leicester.