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Lectures for Schools and Colleges

We offer a wide selection of Physics, Astronomy and Space lectures, outlined below, from Key Stage 2-5, free of charge. Members of staff are pleased to visit schools/colleges to give lectures to groups of students.

If you would like to arrange a lecture, please contact the Schools and Colleges Liason Officer. Lectures and talks offered by other University of Leicester Science departments can be found here. You can find detailed information about the University's outreach programmes here.

 

frog.jpg A Game of Cosmic Leapfrog
Professor Martin Barstow
30-60 mins
Any Key Stage
butterfly.jpg Ants and Butterflies in the Game of Life: the Science of Complexity
Dr Derek Raine
30-60 mins
Key Stage 5
moon.jpg Apollo to the Moon
Dr Mark Sims
60 mins Key Stage 5
dwarf.jpg Brown Dwarfs and Dark Matter in the Universe
Dr Richard Jameson
60 mins
Key Stage 5
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Exploring the Solar System
Professor Martin Barstow
30-60 mins
Any Key Stage
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Exploring the Universe
Professor Martin Barstow
30-60 mins
Any Key Stage
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Flying an Experiment on the Space Shuttle
Dr Mark Sims
60 mins
Key Stage 5
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How to be a Rocket Scientist
Professor Martin Barstow
30-60 mins
Any Key Stage
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Looking for Life on Mars
Dr Mark Sims
60 mins
Key Stage 5
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Observing the Earth from Space
Professor DT Llewellyn-Jones
60 mins
Key Stage 5
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Other Worlds and the Origin of Life
Dr Derek Raine
30-60 mins
Key Stage 5
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Signals from Creation: The History of the Universe
Dr Derek Raine
30-60 mins
Key Stage 5
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Small is Beautiful - the Physics and technology of nano-scale structures
Professor Chris Binns
60 mins
Key Stages 4-5
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The Extraterrestrial Roadshow
Professor Martin Barstow
30-60 mins
Any Key Stage
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The Hidden Colours of the Universe
Professor Robert Warwick
60 mins
Key Stage 5
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Superconductivity - nature's path to perpetual motion
Professor Chris Binns
60 mins
Key Stages 4-5