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Supporting student transition: mid-term personal tutor meeting
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/09/18/supporting-student-transition-mid-term-personal-tutor-meeting/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on September 18, 2019 This is a draft preview version of a resource currently in production.
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Tamara Jowhire
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/author/tj83/
A graduate’s perspective on innovations in learning and teaching Posted by Tamara Jowhire in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 18, 2016 I am a recent Chemistry graduate from the University of Leicester, and I am currently working as an...
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Gaia Data Release 3: New space data serves as ‘complete step change’ in understanding of our Universe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/gaia-dr3
Space scientists have today (Monday) announced the discovery of a ‘super Jupiter’ orbiting a white dwarf, the first detected using direct observations with the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Gaia mission.
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Scientists discover one of the most luminous new stars ever
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/scientists-discover-one-of-the-most-luminous-2018new-stars2019-ever
Astronomers have today announced that they have discovered possibly the most luminous ‘new star’ ever – a nova discovered in the direction of one of our closest neighboring galaxies: The Small Magellanic Cloud.
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Astrophysics Seminar – Wed 24th Nov 3pm – Julie Wardlow (Lancaster)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/22/astrophysics-seminar-wed-24th-nov-3pm-julie-wardlow-lancaster/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 November 2021 This week’s astrophysics seminar will be by Julie Wardlow, on “Understanding the environments of extreme dusty star-formation in the distant Universe” Abstract: In recent years the high-redshift Universe has...
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Quasars and Cosmology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pa3605
Module code: PA3605 This module will build on your knowledge in speciality physics by further exploring topics in extragalactic astrophysics. Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are amongst the most luminous objects in the Universe.
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Quasars and Cosmology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pa3605
Module code: PA3605 This module will build on your knowledge in speciality physics by further exploring topics in extragalactic astrophysics. Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are amongst the most luminous objects in the Universe.
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Quasars and Cosmology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pa3605
Module code: PA3605 This module will build on your knowledge in speciality physics by further exploring topics in extragalactic astrophysics. Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are amongst the most luminous objects in the Universe.
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Sleeping giant surprises Gaia scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/black-hole
Most massive black hole in our galaxy spotted by team including scientists from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester
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Black holes could grow as large as 50 billion suns research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/black-holes-could-grow-as-large-as-50-billion-suns-research-shows
Black holes at the heart of galaxies could swell to 50 billion times the mass of the sun before losing the discs of gas they rely on to sustain themselves, according to research by Professor Andrew King from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.