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• Future astronauts experience exploring new worlds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/future-astronauts-experience-exploring-new-worlds

  Future astronauts experience exploring new worlds Future astronauts experience exploring new worlds 300| Lanzarote stands in for an alien planet as Leicester scientist helps train ESA astronauts.

• Researcher publishes parliamentary report on the rise of fake news

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/researcher-publishes-parliamentary-report-on-the-rise-of-fake-news

  Katie Raymer, who is studying for a PhD in our Department of Physics and Astronomy, has co-authored a report as part of her STFC internship with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology examining how people access news and information and the rise of fake news.

• EU at ‘critical point’ as Germany searches for Merkel successor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/eu-merkel

  A leading economist has warned that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s successor will have ‘big shoes to fill’ on the European stage, after describing her as ‘the continuity of Europe’.

• James Fitchett

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/jaf30/

  James is Professor of Marketing and Consumption, with interests in consumer culture, marketing theory and marketing systems. He is associate editor of the Journal Marketing Theory.

• Leicester team wins inaugural race in Formula 1 aerodynamics competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/leicester-team-wins-inaugural-race-in-formula-1-aerodynamics-competition

  A Leicester team has taken pride of place in an international Formula 1 aerodynamics competition.

• ‘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.

• University of Leicester's Sports Grounds Team win prestigious award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/02-sports-award

  Professional excellence at the University is recognised with another national award

• Experts from Space Park Leicester to join colleagues at UK Space Conference in Belfast

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/uk-space-conference

  Engineers, scientists and space policy experts from the University of Leicester will represent its vibrant academic and industrial space community at the 2023 UK Space Conference in Belfast.

• New research uncovers secrets of space’s mysterious black holes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/black-hole-vs-white-dwarf

  X-ray: NASA/CXO/CSIC-INTA/G.Miniutti et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss;|Scientists have uncovered clues into the reasons why mysterious black holes grow in size, after discovering an amazing struggle between a star and a black hole 250,000 light years away.

• £1 million funding to support new doctoral research into arts and humanities and of outer space

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/million-funding-doctoral-research-arts-humanities-space

  University of Leicester receives award from Arts and Humanities Research Council for doctoral studentships working alongside the Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space and several external partners, part of ongoing work at Leicester on humanising space