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A small but highly significant step for Britain in space
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Professor Ken Pounds (pictured),  Emeritus Professor of Space Physics and a local pioneer of Space Research, has hailed the significance of Tim...
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Awesome aurora device replicates Northern Lights phenomenon
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Leicester researchers will be creating Northern Lights for a studio audience using the University's Planeterrella during the Royal Institution’s...
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Educational experiments arrive safely at International Space Station
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A kit of experiments to teach fundamental physics and chemistry to UK students has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) for British...
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Highlights from Universitys Richard III ceremony
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A selection of photos from the ceremony on Sunday 22 March to mark the departure of the mortal remains of King Richard III from the University are...
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Leicester geneticist awarded prestigious Fellowship
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Dr Turi King (pictured), Reader in Genetics and Archaeology at the University has been awarded a prestigious British Science Association (BSA)...
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Event explores digital opportunities for crisis work and international development
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The role of communications and technology in crises worldwide are to be discussed at an event that launches a new international network of...
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University to host Distinguished Harvard Professor for prestigious lecture
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A Harvard Professor will be coming to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ to give a prestigious public lecture named in memory of the famous British...
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Professor Clare Anderson appointed as trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich
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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Professor Clare Anderson has been appointed by the Prime Minister as one of six new Trustees of the Royal Museums...
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Leicester academic co-authors new book on young people and the anti-apartheid protest
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Dr Gavin Brown, Associate Professor in Human Geography, has co-written a book about young people's involvement with the anti-apartheid movement.
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New perspectives on Middle East encouraged in relaunched journal
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A journal that offers new perspectives on debates within Middle Eastern Studies and challenges orthodoxies in the field has been relaunched at...