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‘Fizzy pop’ process reveals copper-rich volcanoes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/volcano
Identifying magmas that experience the same process that makes fizzy drinks ‘bubbly’ has been used by a team of University of Leicester geologists to predict whether a volcano’s magma is likely to be rich in copper.
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Leicester link to Nobel Prize winners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-link-to-nobel-prize-winners
In the latest announcement from the Nobel Prize committee, US academics Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash at Brandeis University, Boston and Mike Young at Rockefeller University, New York, have received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of...
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Esteemed Leicester University professor hands over reins of celebrated Space Research Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/space-research-centre-head
A professor who has been the driving force in advancing space research and exploration at the University of Leicester for more than four decades has handed over the reins of the newly named Space Projects and Instrumentation Group.
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Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award honour for Dr Suzie Imber
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/suzie-imber-rosalind-franklin
Dr Suzanne (Suzie) Imber, Associate Professor in Space Physics at the University of Leicester has been named as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture 2021.
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Intelligence Techniques and Tradecraft
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl7541
Module code: PL7541 This module is divided into two sections. In the first section you'll look at the main methods by which intelligence is collected – open sources, human sources, and signals intelligence – to understand the capabilities and limitations of each.
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Objects and Collections: Care, Management and Curation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7552
Module code: MU7552 This module looks at objects and collections from a range of perspectives. The module will challenge you to think critically about the lives, contexts and values of objects, and the different ways in which we encounter and experience them.
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Places of Latin America
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sp2038
Module code: SP2038 This module will consider the literature and culture of four key regions of Latin America: the Mexican plains, the Andean highlands, the Amazonian forests, and the Argentine pampas.
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Leicester academic publishes analysis of contemporary photographer Luigi Ghirri
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-professor-publishes-analysis-of-contemporary-photographer-luigi-ghirri
Dr Marina Spunta, Associate Professor of Italian in the University’s School of Arts, has co-edited a book (with Jacopo Benci) examining the work of leading Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri.
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A calculated advantage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/a-calculated-advantage
Dr Colin Foster, Associate Professor in the School of Education, was interviewed on BBC Breakfast on BBC1 on Friday 23 March about the use of calculators in mathematics lessons in school.
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Objects and Collections: Care, Management and Curation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mu7552
Module code: MU7552 This module looks at objects and collections from a range of perspectives. The module will challenge you to think critically about the lives, contexts and values of objects, and the different ways in which we encounter and experience them.