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Forthcoming events
https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/events
If you're interested in training to teach, we recommend attending an event run by the University of Leicester or one of our partners. These are an opportunity to chat to those running the PGCE course and find out more about what the course involves.
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A giant black hole in the Milky Way
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/04/30/a-giant-black-hole-in-the-milky-way/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 April 2024 A sleeping giant The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has discovered a black hole 33 times the mass of the Sun. It is in the constellation Aquila, less than 2000 light-years from Earth.
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Archaeology discovery day to unearth Bradgate Parks mysteries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/archaeology-discovery-day-to-unearth-bradgate-parks-mysteries
Members of the public are invited to learn about the latest archaeological discoveries being made at Leicestershire’s Bradgate Park by Leicester experts during a free family Open Day on Saturday 27 June, between 11.00am – 4.00pm.
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Student creates innovative manga series to engage people with geology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/student-creates-innovative-manga-series-to-engage-people-with-geology
Millions of people worldwide read manga - a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels - but geology rarely features in these stories.
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Researcher joins nationwide initiative to increase BAME representation in Parliament
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/researcher-joins-nationwide-initiative-to-increase-bame-representation-in-parliament
A researcher from our University will be taking part in the ‘Operation Black Vote’ MP shadowing scheme, a national initiative designed to increase the number of minority ethnic MPs in Parliament.
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Space Park Leicester’s work on fusion energy in spotlight at national conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/space-park-leicester-fusion-energy-national-conference
Dr Francesca Faedi takes part in Fusion Fest, discussing how Space Park Leicester are supporting commercialisation and innovation in fusion energy
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Writing Fiction
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en7135
Module code: EN7135 This module offers you the opportunity to develop your own writing by examining a number of aspects of the theory and craft of writing prose fiction and putting these into practice.
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Writing Fiction
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en7135
Module code: EN7135 This module offers you the opportunity to develop your own writing by examining a number of aspects of the theory and craft of writing prose fiction and putting these into practice.
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SHAPE Your Future 1: Skills for University and Beyond
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ed0001
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Extended Translation Project
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ts7038
Module code: TS7038 In this module, we will explore how to manage sizeable lengths of translation. You will learn and use different translation strategies as appropriate to solve translation issues, and manage and translate a text of considerable length.