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Most distant detection of a black hole swallowing a star
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/black-hole-swallowing-star
A University of Leicester astronomer has led an international team that determined the distance of the furthest black hole consuming a star detected to date.
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EU students
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-arrival/identity-check-visa-checkpoint/visa-checkpoint/eu-students
If you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen you can continue to travel to the UK to study on courses of up to 6 months in duration without needing a visa. You can cross the UK border using a valid passport which should be valid for the whole time you are in the UK.
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Veronica Heney
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/author/vh58/
Communications Assistant to the SAPPHIRE Group
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jbridges: Page 29
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/29/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.
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MIXS: studying Mercury in detail
https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/mixs
BepiColombo carries two X-ray spectrometers: MIXS (Mercury Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer) and SIXS (Solar Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer). No-one has sent an imaging X-ray telescope to any planetary body before so this is ground-breaking science.
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Famous names
https://le.ac.uk/english/about/famous-names
Learn more about some of the famous names associated with English at the University of Leicester, including Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis. Find out about some of our notable graduates.
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Event places spotlight on Leicester and Leicestershires literary scene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/event-places-spotlight-on-leicester-and-leicestershire2019s-literary-scene
Members of the public and people who have an interest in the literary activity that takes place in Leicester and Leicestershire and those who would like to find out more about the scene are invited to Leicester/shire: City and County of Literature II which will be held...
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Midlands universities in cold energy tie-up
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/midlands-universities-in-cold-energy-tie-up
A prototype refrigerated lorry cooled by liquid nitrogen rather than diesel is set to be the first beneficiary of a £60m energy research collaboration by six Midlands universities - including the University of Leicester.
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Black British history scholarship is established to honour historian and activist Len Garrison
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/black-british-history-scholarship-historian-activist-len-garrison
Three postgraduates will be able study Black British history with the University of Leicester free of charge, thanks to a scholarship set up to honour alumnus Len Garrison.
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About us
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/professional-services/estates/health-and-safety/about
Who we are The Health and Safety Services team consists of, the Director of Health and Safety, the Health and Safety Business Partners, the University Radiation Safety Officer and the Fire/Project/Training Business Partner, a team of qualified safety professionals with...